Founded in 2001, the material collection of the Gewerbemuseum Winterthur offers a broad palette of information and background for schools and experts in the fields of design, architecture and arts. From April 2009 on this collection will be presented to the public in an updated and extensively renewed form: in addition to material samples, an exhibition will display examples of their range of use, design and construction, visual and tangible. Moreover, parts of the colour lab – pigments and vehicles – will be integrated. Furthermore, a specialised library and a selected film collection are at the visitor’s disposition. Having several experimentation labs, the collection is suitable to be used as workshop for schools and other interested parties.
Museum of Applied Arts and Design
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The degree programme 'Master of Arts in Architecture' strongly focuses on the combination of teaching and research and therein on three topics: material, structure and energy. Within the focus on materials the emphasis is laid on the combination of materials, substances and construction parts, their correlation to each other and to the spatial and supporting structure as well as to the infrastructure of a building. As a basis for theory and research, the physical presence of materials serves not only as an incitement, it is vital demonstration material. The material collection is available to lecturers and students of the HSLU as a background for teaching and research and also to interested external experts.
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
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The archive of substances at the Sitterwerk collects and documents materials, which come into use in contemporary art as well as in the restoration of plastic art. The specific demands in arts, design and preservation of ancient monuments often require the development of novel substances and uncommon processing technologies. This is how countless samples of materials come into existence in the various craftsman’s workshops in the environment of the Sitterwerk. The archive of substances collects and processes them. The focus lies on the materials used for various casting and reshaping technologies in the production of contemporary plastic art – metals, synthetic materials, plasters or waxes. The collection of the archive of substances is situated in the same hall as the art library, opening up a broad reference field for the history of architecture and art.
Sitterwerk St.Gallen
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Zurich University of the Arts comprises approximately 2000 students and resulted from merging the Zurich School of Music, Drama and Dance and the School of Art and Design Zurich. It offers a unique range of studies in the fields of design, film, arts, media, music, dance, theatre and art education. It goes without saying that this abundant range of possibilities entails the use of various means and media, processes and substances. Therefore, ZHdK engages in the MATERIAL ARCHIV project, thereby encouraging the acquirement of expert knowledge in the degree courses. The substances and materials used in design, theatre and education will form the centrepieces of the physical material collection on the future campus, which will be situated at the Toni-Areal in Zurich-West.
Zurich University of the Arts
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Das Departement Architektur, Gestaltung und Bauingenieurwesen der Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften ist eines von acht Departementen der grössten Mehrsparten-Fachhochschule der Schweiz. Es gehört zu den traditionsreichsten und innovativsten Ausbildungsstätten dieser Art. Der Gedanke der Bauschule, der sich im Zusammenwirken der Studiengänge Architektur und Bauingenieurwesen manifestiert, war auch für die Wahl des Schwerpunktes „Künstliche Steine, inklusive Beton“ für die Sammlung bestimmend. Mit dem Gewerbemuseum Winterthur ist die ZHAW eine Co-Partnerschaft als Vollmitglied im Verein Materialarchiv eingegangen. Ausdruck davon ist ein regelmässiger Austausch der beiden Institutionen. Zudem unterstützt die Fachgruppe Faserverbundkunststoff als Teil des Zentrum Konstruktives Entwerfen – einer der beiden Schwerpunkte des Departementes – das Gewerbemuseum bei der Aufarbeitung des Themas Kunststoff.
ZĂĽrcher Hochschule fĂĽr Angewandte Wissenschaften
 
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