17.10.2020 - 28.02.2021

Tsuyoshi Tane: Archaeology of the Future

What role can architecture play in mediating between the past and the future? This is a question that the architect Tsuyoshi Tane (b. Tokyo, 1979) has consistently engaged with throughout his international body of work. Each project by the Paris-based practice Atelier Tsuyoshi Tane Architects begins with an intensive research phase meant to excavate the memories embedded in a place and integrate these into the creative process: a method the architect terms the ‘Archaeology of the Future’.

This exhibition presents the diversity of the architect’s work – ranging from intimate interiors to the Estonian National Museum – and renders his methodology tangible. Thematic ‘clouds’ of reference images and sketches are brought together with ‘archaeological’ artefacts and elaborate architectural models in a cabinet of curiosities tracing how Tane’s ideas take form. The projects are further documented in an immersive film installation.

Poetic in mode and comprehensive in scope, this exhibition provides a unique perspective on the value of history in contemporary architecture.

This exhibition takes place under the auspices of the Embassy of Japan in Switzerland.

photo credits:
1. Estonian National Museum, Dorell.Ghotmeh.Tane / Architects © Propapanda
2. Atelier Tsuyoshi Tane Architects
3. Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art / Hirosaki, Japan / 2020, photo: Daici Ano
 


Supporters «Tsuyoshi Tane: Archaeology of the Future»:

Exhibition Supporters:
Sulger Stiftung
Schweizerisch - Japanische Gesellschaft

S AM Supporters:
Abteilung Kultur des Kantons Basel-Stadt
Christoph Merian Stiftung

S AM Sponsors:
ComputerWorks AG
Zumtobel Licht AG
Gremper AG

S AM Partners:
SIA Schweizerischer Ingenieur und Architektenverein
Levante Software
Karl Bubenhofer AG

S AM Media Partner:
Transhelvetica
 

Accompanying Programme (flyer)

Opening: 16/10/2020, 7 pm
with a welcome address by Aki Sugaya, Director of the Japan Information and Cultural Centre of the Embassy of Japan in Switzerland and speeches by Tsuyoshi Tane, Andreas Ruby, Director S AM, and Andreas Kofler, Curator S AM 

‘On the Visual Atlas’: 26/10/2020, 7 pm
Roundtable discussion with F.A.T. (Forum for Architecture Theory) and Mariabruna Fabrizi (Microcities/SOCKS)
Registration (limited to 25 participants)
Admission: free

Introduction for teachers: 28/10/2020,
4:45–5:45 PM

Admission: free

Public guided tours: 5/11, 10/12/2020, 7/1, 10/2/2021, 6 pm
in German, except for 7/1/2021 in English
Admission: CHF 12 (red. CHF 8)
Tour free

Family Sunday: 15/11/2020, 11 am – 12:30 pm
Tour for parents and workshop for children aged 5-11
Language: German
Admission: children CHF 5, adults CHF 12

‘Archaeology of the Future’: 26/11/2020, 7 pm
Lecture by Tsuyoshi Tane
Venue: Ackermannshof, St. Johanns-Vorstadt 21, Basel
Admission: CHF 12 (red. CHF 8)

‘Context, Pretext, Subtext’: 4/2/2021, 7 pm
Short lectures by Tsuyoshi Tane, Emanuel Christ (Christ & Gantenbein) and Catherine Gay (GayMenzel), followed by a discussion moderated by Andreas Ruby
Venue: SILO by TALENT, Signalstrasse 37, Basel
Admission: CHF 12 (red. CHF 8)

Wednesday Matinée: 17/2/2021, 10 am – 12 noon
Language: German
Admission: CHF 10 (red. CHF 5)

 

Due to the current social distancing measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, all of our events have limited capacity and prior registration is mandatory. Please register by writing to event@sam-basel.org with your full name and telephone number, and the event title in the subject line.
 


 

Upcoming exhibitions

19.10.2024 - 16.03.2025

Soft Power: The Brussels Way of Making the City

Opening: 18/10/2024, 7 PM

The exhibition 'Soft Power: The Brussels Way of Making the City' traces Belgium's journey to becoming an internationally renowned hotspot for contemporary architecture and urban planning. The show sheds light on the framework conditions that have given rise to a high-quality building culture in Brussels and encouraged a new generation of architects to participate in its urban development. 


Curators: Roxane Le Grelle, Andreas Kofler (S AM)​

An exhibition of S AM Swiss Architecture Museum in cooperation with the
Bouwmeester Maître Architecte (BMA) and with support of Brussels Capital Region.