Ongoing Projects
Selection
The Inheritance of Looting. Medieval Trophies to Modern Museums
The project examines how looted objects become „art”. Key case studies will reveal how museum collections have been formed through histories of displacement and (mis)appropriation, and how cultural heritage has been defined through acts of war and violence. The interdisciplinary team is also developing a virtual exhibition that digitally brings together looted artworks – some scattered across the globe, some lost or destroyed – and attempts to tell their stories to scholars and the broader public alike.
Zuger Kantonsspital – Prozessbegleitung Signaletik
Process support for the new signage for the Zug Cantonal Hospital, taking into account the heterogeneity of the target groups and communication scenarios.
Augusta Raurica – Signaletik
Monitoring of the study commission and the implementation of the pilot project as well as implementing the evaluation after commissioning „Neue Signaletik Augusta Raurica”.
The detailed analysis and the development of a basis for the orientation and information measures in the Augusta Raurica open-air museum resulted in the project documentation and the booklet „Konklusion und Teilprojekte”. Based on this, the various topics and issues were critically analysed with the Augusta Raurica project team. The next step will be to initiate and implement the tree sub-projects „Signaletik”, „Zielkonflikte” and „Digitalität und Wissensvermittlung”.
Augusta Raurica – Digitalität und Wissensvermittlung
Development of a vision of how different formats of knowledge transfer can be generated in the future.
The detailed analysis and the development of a basis for the orientation and information measures in the Augusta Raurica open-air museum resulted in the project documentation and the booklet „Konklusion und Teilprojekte”. Based on this, the various topics and issues were critically analysed with the Augusta Raurica project team. The next step will be to initiate and implement the tree sub-projects „Signaletik”, „Zielkonflikte” and „Digitalität und Wissensvermittlung”.
Signaletik für die Friedhöfe der Stadt Zürich
The development of standardised signage that can be used for small, medium and large cemeteries in the city of Zurich.
The signage in the cemeteries in the city of Zurich was often not effective, contrary to its intended purpose. Orientation was very difficult or even impossible for many cemetery visitors or relatives. Time and again, relatives or visitors were unable to find burials, graves, burial plots or toilet facilities.
In the current project phase, the implementation of the Sihlfeld cemetery pilot project will be evaluated in detail after commissioning in order to assess the impact and functionality of the new signage. The qualitative study using the Shadowing survey method (accompanied observation) is intended to provide findings that will allow the signage concept and measures to be refined and thus form an important planning basis for the further implementation of the new signage in all cemeteries in the city of Zurich (from 2023).
Bestattungskultur im Wandel – Berner Friedhöfe als öffentliche Räume?
Social change and modernisation trends are also reflected in changing attitudes towards death and burial cultures. The project provides a basis for an efficient adaptation of the cemetery planning in the city of Bern.
The project focuses on a needs-based adaptation of the mission statement of Bern’s cemeteries and a review the concept of „cemeteries as public spaces” in light of increasingly changing burial cultures. The project builds on the competence-building project „Sepulkraldesign in der Modellregion Bern” from 2002. The project focused on the already topical question of whether cemeteries could be used more widely as public spaces, for example for cultural events. Further detailed wishes regarding the design of gravestones, burials and funeral services were clarified. The planned repeat survey will provide a basis for needs-based and culturally sensitive urban planning and facilitate a dialogue on the values of „cemeteries as public spaces”.