Captain Lin Rauch
Geneva Flips One Sign: The 16.5 % Floor on Its Cheapest Housing Becomes a Ceiling
Geneva's Grand Conseil turned the 16.5 % HBM minimum in development zones into a maximum. What one flipped sign means for PLQ programmes and area schedules.
Talking in the Hiss: Stanford Sends Data by Reflecting Thermal Noise, With No Radio Carrier
Stanford engineers reflect room-temperature thermal noise to send bits, reaching kilobit rates. What passive links mean for sensors in Swiss buildings.
The 1.15 City: Zürich's Dividend Cascades Outward While 1.6 Million Places Wait Inside
Urban scaling says dense cities pay off, yet Zürich lost 21,500 residents to its hinterland. The OECD finds room for 1.6 million inside today's zones.
Two Folded Tripods, One Possible Shape: Resch Origami Locks Into a 7 m Aluminium Shell
MIT CBA, Bologna, Innsbruck and Tokyo fold CNC-cut aluminium into Resch tripod cells that lock rigid. A 7 m shell, built in days with screwdrivers.
Enki Bilal at 75: The Man Who Drew Digital Amnesia Keeps His Memory on Paper
Enki Bilal's Bug imagines the digital world vanishing. At 75 his Paris Fonds shows 200+ works on paper. What that means for a building's 60-year record.
Stadelhofen Grows Into the Hill: A Fourth Track Inside Zurich's 90-Second Station
SBB adds track 4 35 m into the hill at Zurich Stadelhofen. What a CHF 1.7 bn station, Verkehr '45 and a 90-second rhythm teach Swiss architects.
Cao Fei Zones a Basel Museum Like a City: Seven Districts, No New Walls
Cao Fei and Small Production turn Kunstmuseum Basel's Gegenwart into a seven-district city with paint, floors, seats and signs. Closes 11 October 2026.
What a Tower Owes the Street: Zürich Rewrites Its 2001 High-Rise Rules
Zürich voters adopted stricter high-rise rules: public ground floors from 40 m, a competition for every tower, bonus floor area for affordable housing.
Blade Runner's Future Was a Retrofit: Syd Mead, the 1894 Bradbury Atrium and Umbau
Blade Runner's 2019 was shot inside the 1894 Bradbury atrium. Syd Mead's retro-deco shows why a believable future is built on existing fabric, as in Umbau.
The Smear Frame, Built in Steel: What MSCHF's Twisted Lexus Cars Teach Every Freeform Facade
MSCHF bent two Lexus cars into a render glitch made of steel. What one-click twist and bend operators really cost in panels, seams and transport on site.
