Doctoral Project
The Formation of the Federal Inventory of Heritage Sites (ISOS): On Switzerland’s Approach to Its Space
Doctoral Project
Silvan Blumenthal
Prof. Dr. Laurent Stalder
Since 2016
Work on the Federal Inventory of Heritage Sites (ISOS) began in 1973. A team of young architects led by architect Sibylle Heusser-Keller was commissioned by the Swiss Confederation to compile an inventory of Switzerland’s historic sites. Over decades, an impressive inventory of Swiss settlements was created, compiling specific – and legally binding – knowledge about them.
The dissertation takes the genesis of this inventory as a starting point to explore the decades in which space became the object of federal policy. By examining various moments in the development of the ISOS – from the 1950s to the 1970s – the dissertation aims to make visible how Switzerland dealt with its space and thus laid the foundation for the way it deals with it today.
Silvan Blumenthal
Silvan Blumenthal
Prof. Dr. Laurent Stalder
Since 2016
Work on the Federal Inventory of Heritage Sites (ISOS) began in 1973. A team of young architects led by architect Sibylle Heusser-Keller was commissioned by the Swiss Confederation to compile an inventory of Switzerland’s historic sites. Over decades, an impressive inventory of Swiss settlements was created, compiling specific – and legally binding – knowledge about them.
The dissertation takes the genesis of this inventory as a starting point to explore the decades in which space became the object of federal policy. By examining various moments in the development of the ISOS – from the 1950s to the 1970s – the dissertation aims to make visible how Switzerland dealt with its space and thus laid the foundation for the way it deals with it today.
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