Launch—Five Good Swiss Plans

Join us for the launch of Five Good Swiss Plans by Kate Finning and Guillermo Fernández-Abascal, at Bookshop by Uro, in Sydney with Camilla Block (Durbach Block Jaggers).

Apartment floor plans have a decisive influence on our lives. In the last 30 years, Swiss housing architecture has successively introduced the new ideal of floor plans with open and flexible uses. The aim is to offer spatial qualities to residents who are not yet clearly defined, thereby fulfilling the changing requirements of a diverse society. 

This publication presents five Swiss architects providing insight on their “good plans” with short texts and images: Elli Mosayebi (EMI Architekten); Jeannette Kuo (Karamuk Kuo Architects); Maria Conen (Conen Sigl Architekt:innen); Lütjens Padmanabhan (Lütjens Padmanabhan Architekten); Philipp Esch (Esch ­Sintzel Architekten).

Drinks by Philter and light snacks will be served...

About the speakers:

Kate Finning is a practicing architect and graduate of the Architectural Association, London where she completed her AA Diploma under Pier Vittorio Aureli and Maria S. Giudici. On return to Melbourne, Kate worked on multi residential projects whilst in the offices of BatesSmart, Edition Office and MAArchitects.

Guillermo Fernández-Abascal is a Spanish architect, a Practice Fellow at the University of Sydney, and a founding partner of the office GFA2 (Gabriel and Guillermo Fernández-Abascal). Based in Sydney, Australia, and Santander, Spain, his recent projects include the books Regional Bureaucracy and Analogue Images, as well as the Enaire Foundation building in Santander.

Camilla Block is one of three directors of Durbach Block Jaggers Architects. Prior to her current position, she joined Neil Durbach in practice in 1992. Camilla has been a design principal in all of the major projects of Durbach Block Jaggers, including the UTS Thomas Street Science Building and, Canberra and Sydney Amenities Buildings Homebush Bay.