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Archizoom is an architecture museum settled on the campus of the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, in Lausanne (Switzerland). It provides a public programme of exhibitions, lectures and events for the ENAC Faculty.
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History
This programme was created in 1974 by Edith Bianchi, a graphic designer who wished to both complement education at the school of architecture and communicate about architecture to a general audience.
In 2007, with impetus from architect Harry Gugger, then associate of the firm Herzog & de Meuron and professor at the EPFL, the scope of the gallery was broadened and it was renamed Archizoom.
Mission
Under the leadership of the new director and art historian Cyril Veillon, the Archizoom gallery focuses on the interdisciplinary aspects of the architecture and highlights its close relationship with art, science, engineering and the humanities. Borrowing architecture critic Paul Goldberger’s words, Archizoom’s programme addresses the question of ‘why architecture matters’.