''Inventioneering Architecture'' Brings Swiss Architecture to the Bay Area.

SAN FRANCISCO -- swissnex:

What    In celebration of Switzerland's rich architectural heritage
        and the unveiling of the new de Young Museum by the Swiss
        architecture firm Studio Basel of Herzog & de Meuron, the four
        Swiss architecture schools, in collaboration with swissnex,
        California College of the Arts (CCA), and the University of
        California at Berkeley's Department of Architecture, will
        present a month-long interactive exhibition at CCA in San
        Francisco entitled "Inventioneering Architecture" and an
        accompanying lecture series on Swiss architectural teaching.
        Participants include members of the architecture faculties of
        the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (ETH);
        Accademia di Architettura, Universita della Svizzera Italiana
        (USI), Mendrisio; Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
        (EPFL); and the Institute of Architecture at the University of
        Geneva.

        Connected by swissnex, Switzerland's four architecture schools
        have created "Inventioneering Architecture" -- an interactive
        exhibition and lecture series in an effort to recognize the
        accomplishments of their architects and to further illustrate
        each school's unique approach to teaching architecture.

        "Inventioneering Architecture" will be on display in the nave
        at California College of the Arts (CCA) in San Francisco and
        will feature a 40-meter-long (131-foot-long) platform of an
        imaginative cross-section of the Swiss Alps, imported from
        Switzerland and created specifically for this event. This
        exhibition will give visitors a physical and intellectual
        opportunity to experience the differences between Swiss
        architecture pedagogy and American architecture teaching
        methods. Visitors can walk on the platform, view monitors with
        web-based architecture content and add their own thoughts at
        various terminals. An overhead screen will display Swiss
        architecture projects in CAAD software.

        Swiss State Secretary for Education and Research Dr. Charles
        Kleiber and a 10-person delegation will visit the exhibit
        during their Bay Area trip this fall.

When    Tentative Event Schedule (dates and lecturers subject to
        change)

        Monday, October 3: 6:45 pm:
          "Inventioneering Architecture" exhibition kick off reception
             7:30 pm Lecture by Professor Marc Angelil, ETH Zurich
        Monday, October 10: 7 pm - 8 pm:
          Lecture by TBD, ETH Studio Basel
        Monday, October 17: 7 pm - 8 pm:
          Lecture by Professor Andrea Deplazes, ETH Zurich
        Monday, October 24: 7 pm - 8 pm:
          Lecture by Professor Valerio Olgiati, Accademia di
          Architettura
        Monday, October 31: 7 pm - 8 pm:
          Lecture by Dirk Hebel and Jorg Stollmann, ETH Zurich

        The exhibition will remain open through October 27 and is free
        and open to the public. Hours are Monday through Sunday,
        8 am - 8 pm.

        For more information, visit www.swissnex.org or call swissnex
        at 415-912-5901.

Where   The exhibition and lectures will be held at California
        College of the Arts (CCA), located at 1111 Eighth Street in
        San Francisco. (www.cca.org)