"just pour it".

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valerio olgiati's famous words about what to do with concrete.

bridges of viamala III.

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wandering down.
from the light in those tree tops,
to bridges over shady clefts.

bridges of viamala II.

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jürg conzett, pùnt da saransuns, viamala, cantone dei grigioni, svizzera, 1997-1999.

bridges of viamala I.

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swiss roadtripping.

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cold night.

 
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we abandoned the haldenstein views and returned to the car.
our hostel wast just going to be half an our away. 
we had had no idea it was half an hour upwards. 
silence, darkness, cold and cowbells when we arrived. that was it at first. 
but then, after a ten minutes walk, a mountain hut with raclette and beer inside. 
yum!

haldenstein.

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oh little magic village. 

we glanced into the courtyard of atelier zumthor but did not dare to knock on the door. 
dusk was falling over the tree-covered garden. 
low voices and laughter echoing from the other side of the wall. 
they played ping-pong on the grass, and i think we heard their glasses clinking.
warm light streaming from inside the studio, i remember coloured lights in the trees. 
(but that might just be my imagination fooling me).

we were the outsiders. 

disappearing act.

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a ruin sitting above the little village of haldenstein. 
we just had to reach it. 
and we just had to crawl inside that narrow hole. (can you see the feet of johan?)
scared to get stuck, scared to fall down. 
at last we came through. 
mint was growing inside. 
haldenstein was small under our feet.

bündner kunstmuseum, chur.

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here we are 
just inside the entrance doors 
standing by the lockers 
looking into that little café. 

for you architects reading, this is well worth a visit. 
additions were made to the museum during the 80s, 
by peter zumthor in partnership with p.calonder and h.j. ruch. 
very many fine details, discrete but clear material meetings,
nice exhibition spaces both in the old buildings and in the 'modern' basement.

shelter for roman ruins.

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it turned out that these buildings are only open four days a year.
instead of walking that steel bridge we could just watch it from the outside. 
a few windows in the wooden espalier allowed us to.

chur.

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sorry for my absence. all weeks differ. this is a town named chur.

again.

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walking to liechtenstein.

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i present you the best support to do such a thing.

kunsthaus bregenz!

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this was the most intense experience of the trip, so far. 
i did not expect to be moved, but i was.  

house by peter zumthor. art by ed ruscha.

still.

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can you guess which building? i'll show you tomorrow!
clue: we had to cross a border.

in appenzell (cheese heaven).

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johan, johan and the best cheese there is!

ten years on wood.

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a wooden school in wil, slowly turning dappled. 

old and new in winterthur.

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kunstmuseum winterthur.
rittmeyer & furrer 1915.
gigon & guyer 1995.