2024-11-05T08:36:01-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150011141/first-year-students-in-zurich-build-a-240-square-meter-installation-in-less-than-10-days Mackenzie Goldberg 2017-06-06T17:01:00-04:00 >2017-06-06T17:01:09-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/h3/h3ya9nm8dwzlgzk6.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Located under a freeway overpass in <a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/6226/zurich" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zurich</a>, next to the Toni-Areal which houses the University of Arts and the Zurich University of Applied Sciences, is a new 240 square meter public architectural installation. The project has been carried out by <a href="http://alice.epfl.ch/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ALICE (Atelier de la Conception de l&rsquo;Espace) laboratory</a>, an active unit of the <a href="http://archinect.com/schools/cover/14027592/cole-polytechnique-f-d-rale-de-lausanne-epfl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EPFL-ENAC</a> (School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering) that pursues research activities at the intersection of architecture, urban thinking and social sciences.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/42/42d70pd7n1blpjn7.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/e0/e0jpbpwpj9jsumtu.jpg"></p><p>The installation was carried out by 200 first-year students and was erected in under 10 days. The students prefabricated all the built elements in Lausanne, where ENAC is located, and transported them in shipping containers to Zurich, where ALICE has been partnering with the Zurich University of Arts. The full-size, ephemeral structure, is comprised of 12 various contributions from the students and reflects numerous voices and spatial approaches. The project is meant to question the qualit...</p>