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MYTH OF THE CHALET

Nostalgia, Kitsch, and Architectural Culture

How do you imagine a chalet? Does it have a specific shape? Are particular materials used in its construction? Does it have features that distinguish it from other houses? Or is it, in all honesty, simply a symbol of your longing for a relaxing vacation in Switzerland?

The exhibition takes you on a journey: from its "discovery" during the Romantic era to its status as a worldwide export hit, and how the chalet is being reinterpreted in contemporary architecture.

An exhibition of DAS GELBE HAUS FLIMS

 

The exhibition is presented in German. An English text is available via QR Code.

Imprint Exhibition

Concept/texts: Carmen Gasser Derungs, Beat Gugger, Christina Horisberger

Exhibition architecture and graphics: gasser, derungs Innenarchitekturen