Pierre Marmy
Camilla Lemb
Sören Davy and Lex Schaul
Axelle Vandenbroucke
Collective Valley Model
Gotthard Tunnel studio visit
Mountains and lakes are constants in the Swiss landscape.
Two types of construction correspond to them: tunnels
and bridges. The geothermal potential of the 57 kilometers
long and 1000 meters deep Gotthard Base Tunnel produces an important side effect: the tunnel is a source of hot water, which must be cooled down before being discharged into rivers and lakes. The engagement between architecture and infrastructure, and merging environmental conscience and technique with the program of public baths, was the topic of the semester – swimming pools as the new portals of the Gotthard Pass.