Public space is always also social space — a framework for encounter, exchange and collective coexistence. This discussion addresses the relationship between spatial structure and social appropriation, asking how public spaces can support openness, participation and resilient forms of neighbourhood life within increasingly diverse urban environments.
As part of the Schwerpunktgespräche öffentlicher Raum series, @opensquare.ch uare.ch and @architekturforum_zuerich rum_zuerich invite to an evening of talks and discussion with Tinu Bautler @werkbund.ch (SWB / Soziale Plastik) and Barbara Emmenegger (Soziologie & Raum), moderated by Karin Salm. The discussion will be held in German.
Wednesday, 20 May 2026, 19:00–21:00
Architekturforum Zürich + online
Free participation
Tomorrow, Studio Vulkan continues the series “Studio Vulkan zeigt” with a guided visit on the topic:
“Vom Stadtraumkonzept zur Umsetzung”
🗓 Tuesday, 12 May 2026
🕔 17:00
📍 meeting point: “Toni Areal” tram stop
During the visit, colleagues from Studio Vulkan will share insights into the process from initial urban concepts to realised space, discussing spatial strategies, implementation, and the ongoing development of the project within its urban context.
The series is intended for students and young professionals interested in contemporary landscape architecture, urban space, and design processes.
Registration via link in bio.
We look forward to welcoming you on site.
Photo: @danielavalentinifotografie
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Still not fully built, but each year a new piece is added to Paradiso Lungolago.
Step by step, the waterfront connection is taking shape - reconnecting a place where, for a long time, the edge to the water was fragmented and almost invisible. Now, it’s slowly becoming a continuous, accessible landscape.
Foto: @danielavalentinifotografie
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Meet Samuel - our technical mastermind and the first point of contact for all technical questions within the team.
As Project Area Lead for Execution in our Munich office, he coordinates projects across all phases, from early planning to implementation. He ensures that designs comply with relevant standards and function reliably in practice.
Samuel brings structure to complex challenges and supports the team with his extensive technical expertise. His role includes coordination, quality management, and guiding projects through demanding technical requirements. Thanks to his precision and high standards, ambitious design ideas become feasible and buildable solutions.
Foto: @danielavalentinifotografie
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Oerliker Park - the first of four parks in Zurich North - was conceived as an open experiment: a public space for an unknown future.
Built on a former contaminated site and without fixed programs, it was designed to grow with its surroundings. Around 1,000 trees planted in a grid shape a space that continues to evolve over time - a park that reinvents itself alongside the neighbourhood.
#studiovulkan #howtheygrow #LandscapeArchitecture #park #UrbanDesign #oerlikonzürich #SwissLandscapeArchitecture #Zurich #Switzerland
A special place deserves special furniture.
For a site rich in history, every detail matters. These concrete picnic tables and chairs have become part of the identity of this iconic space - rooted in Swiss history, but also meaningful to us.
As one of our early projects, they helped shape our approach: designing landscapes with a sense of humour, atmosphere, and a strong identity.
Foto: @danielavalentinifotografie
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We are pleased to invite you to the first in a series of five guided visits, taking place next week:
🗓 Tuesday, 21 April 2026
🕔 17:00
📍 meeting point: “Uster, Stadtpark” tram/bus stop
Between April and June 2026, Studio Vulkan is hosting a series of on-site project visits. Led by our colleagues, selected realised projects will be presented and discussed in situ. The programme focuses on conceptual approaches, design strategies, and questions of implementation and long-term maintenance within the context of contemporary landscape architecture.
The visits are intended for students and young professionals.
Registration is required via the link in bio or QR code.
We look forward to welcoming you!
#StudioVulkan #LandscapeArchitecture #Landschaftsarchitektur #UrbanDesign #PublicSpace #OpenSpace #DesignProcess #BuiltProjects #OnSite #GuidedTour #YoungProfessionals #uster #switzerland
We keep coming back to our built projects — observing how they evolve over time and become part of the everyday life of their neighbourhoods.
In these images: one of our early works, Fabrik am Wasser, set along the Limmat in Zurich — now growing into an open, lived-in space shaped by the people who use it.
Foto: @danielavalentinifotografie
#studiovulkan #howtheygrow #LandscapeArchitecture #UrbanDesign #Limmat #FabrikAmWasser #SwissLandscapeArchitecture #Zurich #Switzerland
Office in focus, Studio Vulkan Landschaftsarchitektur, with offices in Switzerland and Germany:
"The work of Studio Vulkan is emblematic of networked thinking. In multifaceted projects, the studio takes the lead at all scales in giving shape to the imagery in the design and moderating the team’s specific requirements. In a broad, interdisciplinary discourse, the context-oriented design language is thus created to answer the pressing questions of our time with creative and strategic approaches in concrete project implementation."
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