September 13, 2008 

Swiss Pavilion
Giardini di Castello, Venice

International conference and double book launch for the publication of the official Swiss contribution to the 11th Venice Architecture Biennale and for the book based on the 2nd Holcim Forum in Shanghai, “UrbanTransformation”

Co-organized with Ruby Press, Berlin
Andreas and Ilka Ruby
www.ruby-press.com

SESSION 1: MODULAR CITY
1:15–2:00 pm

Fabio Gramazio, Matthias Kohler, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Alejandro Aravena, Elemental, Chile
Teddy Cruz, UCSD, USA

SESSION 2: CITY TUNING
2:15–3:00 pm

Harry Gugger, EPF Lausanne, Switzerland
Angelus Eisinger, HafenCity University, Hamburg, Germany
Wes Jones, Sci-ARC, Los Angeles, USA

SESSION 3: TEACHING METHODOLOGIES
3:15–4:00 pm

Dieter Dietz, EPF Lausanne, Switzerland
Mark Lee, UCLA, USA
Marc Angélil, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

SESSION 4: ZONES
4:15–5:00 pm

V. Portefaix, L. Gutierrez, MAP Office, Sheun Wan, China
Ting-Ting Zhang, William Tan, PinZhangChenLun, London, UK
Keller Easterling, Yale University, New Haven, USA

MODERATION: Andreas Ruby and Reto Geiser