Photovoltaics will play an important role in the city of the future. According to the federal government's net-zero strategy, the share of photovoltaic electricity production should increase from around 3.7 TWh (2022) to 34 TWh by 2050. At the first Denkraum event, we will explore sensible integrations and supplementation strategies for PV in façade and roof design, we examine the extent to which these approaches can be used to achieve the targets by 2050 and what next steps are necessary on the part of politicians, manufacturers and planners.
The lectures and the discussion will be held in German.
GUESTS
Adrian Berger – Founding partner, Huggenbergerfries Architekten
Fabian Früh – Member of the Executive Board, Salathé Architekten Basel
Stefan Gasser – Head of Archaeology & Monument Preservation, Office for Urban Development, City of Zurich
Guido Honegger – Member of the Executive Board, Vera Gloor AG
Stefanie Schwab – Associate Professor at the TRANSFORM Institute, HES-SO Freiburg
Thomas Stark – Professorship for Energy Efficient Building, HTWG Konstanz
MODERATION
Sebastian El Khouli, Bob Gysin Partner
PROGRAMME
17:30-17:40
Welcome & Introduction
Sebastian El Khouli, Partner Bob Gysin Partner
17:40-18:00
Reasonableness and strategies of building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV)
Thomas Stark, Professorship for Energy Efficient Building, HTWG Konstanz
18:00-18:20
Recognising neighbourhood qualities, preserving building culture
Stefanie Schwab, associate Professor at the TRANSFORM Institute, HES-SO Freiburg
18:20-18:40
Poetic pragmatism - façade renovation with PV: Oberwilerstrasse apartment block, Basel
Fabian Früh, Member of the Executive Board Salathé Architekten Basel
18:40-19:00
Densification and PV in the 19th century city: Martastrasse apartment block, Zurich
Guido Honegger, Member of the Executive Board, Vera Gloor AG
19:00-19:45
Plenary discussion
With speakers, Adrian Berger - founding member of Huggenbergerfries Architekten - and Stefan Gasser - Head of Archaeology & Monument Preservation at the Office for Urban Development of the City of Zurich
19:45
Aperitif
DATE
Thursday, 11 September 2024
LOCATION
Ausstellungsstrasse 24, 8005 Zürich
→ REGISTRATION
The number of participants is limited. Please register by 6 September 2024 at the latest!
ABOUT THE «DENKRAUM»
The new Denkraum event series is dedicated to concepts that make our buildings resilient to changing climate conditions and the question of what contribution a high level of building culture can make to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and the consumption of resources and energy. The focus here is on design approaches and joint dialogue in the plenary session.
Our commitment should go beyond the professional exchange: As part of each event, we financially support a charitable project that is thematically related to the respective event topic. This year we are donating CHF 15 per participant to Solafrica. We hope that you will come in large numbers!
With the generous support of 
