Learning From Vernacular - Exhibition Opening - Boisbuchet 2009

Learning from vernacular
is possible and highly recommended. The collection of vernacular architecture at the Acm
makes it a strong and representative body to undertake such an initiative and envisage
contemporary efforts based on analogies. It thus makes it possible to offer multiple arrays of
alternatives for the niche strategies, autonomous within the contemporary world.
The Learning from vernacular exhibition presented at the Domaine de Boisbuchet (Lessac,
France) comprises two primary sections. The first section, covering the entire ground floor,
highlights the diversity of spatial methods explored by different cultures. While the second that is
spread over the first floor concentrates on the use of a variety of building materials.
The exhibition consists of about forty models at a scale of 1: 20, selected on the basis of their
pertinence to this issue and the quality of execution. Each room contains a display of diagrams,
and images captured recently on location by photographer Deidi von Schaewen. These displays
help in understanding and visualising these constructions in their contemporary context. ilms,
shown in different rooms, either illustrate life in those particular environments or the techniques
used for construction.

An exhibition conceptualised by Prof. Pierre Frey, EPFL-ENAC, in collaboration with
anthropologist and architect, Franco La Cecla, academic host EPFL-ENAC 2009, and
photographer and film director, Deidi von Schaewen at the invitation of Alexander von Vegesack,
Director of Vitra Design Museum and the Centre International de recherche et d'éducation
culturelle et agricole (CIRECA).

Category:

Education

Tags:

• vernacular
• exhibition
• architecture
• boisbuchet
• epfl
• enac
• acm

[mattypsychosupreme]

Excellent video.

[olayinx007]

nice vid and background music