Venice Biennale Architecture 2014

Lucius Burckhardt set the Swiss Establishment in motion and suddenly construction was not the only solution for every problem. Two young architects from Basel, today world-famous, were deeply impressed by the unconventional scrutinizing of the sociologist. A conversation with Pierre de Meuron about Burckhardt as a role model, the display of archives, and how Aldo Rossi brought them back to architecture.