PROGRAMME

Architecture Talks Lucerne 2005, 24 & 25 June 2005


1st day of the symposium: Friday, 24 June 2005

08.00–09.00 Sign-in
09.00 Opening by Urs Kamber Director of Lucerne Tourism
09.05 Opening by Frank Joss Director of the Architecture Talks Lucerne
09.15 Introduction to the theme by the moderator Maria Ossowski Head of broadcasting team at Swiss radio station DRS2, Basle
09.20 "Hotel primer: from Cesar Ritz to Alfred Hitchcock"
Donald Albrecht architect, author and curator, New York
10.00 "Hospitality categories in Europe - Special focus on Mediterranean categories"
Matteo Thun architect and designer, Milan
10.30

"Redefinition of design and its impact on hospitality - A retrospective of how design hotels have influenced hospitality in the last two decades"
Claus Sendlinger CEO and president of the hotel cooperation design hotels, Berlin

11.00 coffee break
11.30 "International survey of hotel and investment projects"
Rolf Schmidt CEO of Marktplatz Hotel GmbH, Hamburg
12.00 "Taste is the lack of appetite"
Thomas Willemeit, Graft architect, Los Angeles and Berlin
12.45 lunch break
14.00 Artistic break: Ania Losinger with the floor xylophone Xala
14.15 "Hydropolis or the first step towards the settlement of the ocean bed"
Joachim Hauser architect, Munich
14.45 "Opportunistic efficiencies"
Paul Lewis, Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis architect, New York
15.15 "Hotel Puerta América - Is this the future?"
Arnold Chan, Isometrix Lighting + Design lighting designer, London
16.00
break
16.15 "Yotel"
Gerard Greene director and co-founder of YOTEL, London
17.00 – 17.30 Panel discussion
Chair:
Maria Ossowski and Donald Albrecht


2nd day of the symposium: Saturday, 25 June 2005

08.00–09.00 Sign-in
09.00 Opening by Frank Joss Director of the Architecture Talks Lucerne
09.05 Introduction to the theme by Maria Ossowski
09.10 "Lucerne, city of wellness"
Urs Kamber Director of Lucerne Tourism
09.20 "Spa - A cure-all?!"
Peter Droessel Spa and Recreation Director of the InterContinental Resort Berchtesgaden/D
10.00"City Port Lounge - Temporary living home away from home"
Ines Klemm architect, Nänikon/CH
10.15 "The new hotel experience economy"
Karim Rashid industrial designer, New York
11.00 coffee break
11.30 "Bedtime stories"
Ilse Crawford creative director, London
12.15 "The hotel as a source of inspiration"
Martin Nicholas Kunz author and publisher, Stuttgart and Los Angeles
12.45 lunch break
14.00 Artistic break: Ania Losinger with the floor xylophone Xala
14.15 "Happy hours"
Eduard Schmutz, State Academy of Art and Design, professor, architect and interior designer, Stuttgart/D
14.45
"New design for alpine resorts"
Reto Gurtner
CEO and president of the Weisse Arena Group, owner of the hotel Riders Palace, Flims-Laax/CH
15.15 "Made for nomads"
Pia Schmid architect, Zurich
15.45
break
16.00 "Sleep well"
Will Alsop architect, London
16.45 – 17.30 Panel discussion
Chair:
Maria Ossowski and Donald Albrecht


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