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making and researching trough architecture
+teaching @universumcarrouseljourney
+deputy editor @distigmo
mainly in Zürich

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EPHEMERAL AGENTS — BOOK IN PROGRESS

Ephemeral Agents is a programme developed by @concentricofestival x DISTIGMO
and co-directed by Javier Peña—Ibáñez and Gregory Tsantilas.

The book is the third act of the programme.

ACT 01 — Ephemeral Agents Symposium / Exhibition
Zurich, 2025

ACT 02 — Ephemeral Agents Summer School
Logroño, 2026

ACT 03 — Ephemeral Agents Book
DISTIGMO, 2027

The book brings together 70 contributions
from more than 100 authors:
-20 Articles
-7 contributions from Symposium Speakers
-43 contributions from Exhibition Participants

The publication frames and expands the discussions of the symposium around the relationship between ephemeral interventions and their potential for long-term effects.

Publisher:
DISTIGMO @distigmo

Editors:
Alessia Bertini @alessia_snd
Steffen Hägele @steffenhagele
Javier Peña–Ibáñez @jpenaibanez
Gregory Tsantilas @gtsantilas

Design:
Jahn Koutrios @jahnkoutrios

Supported by agps, atelierburkhaltersumi

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Thanks to everyone for joining last week

More to come soon!

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Dear friends, neighbours, friends of friends and strangers,

We officially invite you to the opening of our studio. We look forward to seeing both new and familiar faces and do some overhours with us.

Music by Jacob + Samuele @samvelae @jacob.hoeppner
Installation by Anton + Juliette (@realityworks.global) @antonkrebs_ @b0ole4nxt3ars
29. May, from 6pm
Aemtlerstrasse 92a, EG

We hope to see you there!

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PROBLEMBIBLIOTHEK C/O BARDI is dedicated to the potential of knowledge, the hope of discovery, and the restless curiosity it preserves and promotes through a public collection of books.

The collection is the physical manifestation of a long personal obsession with printed matter, continuously expanded through book-digging across cities (and websites), unexpected gifts and encounters, and many generous conversations.

Deliberately incomplete, it is driven by chance and desire. It is happily non-institutional, immune to algorithms, linearity, and any form of “intelligence.”
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Many more books, curated sections, spreads, and notes will follow.
Everyone is welcome to contribute, send notes, browse—online and on site, make suggestions, ask questions.
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The database is designed by yours truly with the support of Jan Steinbach, hosted by EdCat, inspired and curated by many wonderful friends.
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I moved to Florence in 2020.
There was the pandemic. I was ill with cancer.
Creating C/O BARDI has more to do with this than anybody—including myself—will ever understand. It has to do with the sense of impermanence I felt in that lead-coated, windowless hospital room. With the productive solitude of lockdowns, spent at home with all my books and the love by long-distance of all my friends. With the responsibility I felt when given the chance to live in this special space—and the only thing that made sense was to share it through projects and ideas.
Ever since, my energy, care, and resources go into it.
x
Marina
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LINK IN BIO 📚🤓

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2025
may to august

pyramid cake for @tatjanablaser with @b0ole4nxt3ars - disco morgana at @polenta7000 with @bliss6000 @zelev____ and @elsa9__9 thanks to @veraamberg ⚡️ - year of the horse - in a state of bliss in milano with @johanna____roth for @alessia_snd at @superattico__ - under pressure with @lian_liana_ zas* - is it cake or a tomato with @sofia_weidner for @philippe_buchs 🍅- achtung die linden blühen! collecting lindenblossoms for denkmalbar of @squadra.works at @s_am_basel - booklaunch with @charlottemalterrebarthes at Ämtli für Städtebau - back at the stadtküche with @severin.jann @v__ribi @dasprovisorium - red and blue in menorca - red and blue in berlin - 💜 with @bexi.mayo - happy guest at @initiativesfortransformation @kitarchitektur thanks to @undjurekbrueggen with great work by @moana.uehlein 🌸 - paprika at bändli - clayoven for argilla @grubenstrasse39 in collaboration with @artxscience.uzh - pool and videoinstallation with @johannahullar_ 🔮- 🥰 team @casshaen with @kringola @oliverxb @oghansdampf (photo by johanna hullár - being a fan of @vitali_studio @rulbesion in bellano - adventuring in elba with oxb 🌙✨💫

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Closing the year by sharing photos from our last event - made possible by 4 curators, 14 speakers, 49 exhibitors chosen from 160+ submitted projects to our Open Call, and 6 supporters.

Thank you all for being part of this!

Ephemeral Agents, held in Zurich on Thursday 11.12, under the joint umbrella of Concéntrico @concentricofestival and DISTIGMO @distigmo

Curators:
Alessia Bertini @alessia_snd
Steffen Hägele @steffenhagele
Javier Peña-Ibáñez @jpenaibanez
Gregory Tsantilas @gtsantilas

Speakers:
ALIAS (Team Electryone) @alias.ooo
Comte/Meuwly (Team Electryone) @comte_meuwly
DU Studio @detouruniverse
Forms of Commons @formsofcommons
KOSMOS @kosmos_architects
Nicolas König (Team Electryone)
@nicolasthomaskoenig @820.works
Blanka Major (Team Electryone) @bla_nka
Pierre Marmy (Team Electryone) @pierre_marmy
Parabase @parabase.eu
Johanna Roth (Team Electryone) @johanna____roth
Vitali Studio @vitali_studio
ZAS* @furlygurl

Supporters:
agps @agps_architecture
atelierburkhaltersumi @marianneburkhalter
PARK ARCH @park_arch_
+ 3 silent supporters

Food:
La Finestra da Pepe @la_finestra___

Ephemeral Agents Symposium took place at Gallery House Zurich @galleryhouse.zurich - Quellenstrasse 27, 8005 Zürich.

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Closing the year by sharing photos from our last event - made possible by 4 curators, 14 speakers, 49 exhibitors chosen from 160+ submitted projects to our Open Call, and 6 supporters.

Thank you all for being part of this!

Ephemeral Agents, held in Zurich on Thursday 11.12, under the joint umbrella of Concéntrico @concentricofestival and DISTIGMO @distigmo

Curators:
Alessia Bertini @alessia_snd
Steffen Hägele @steffenhagele
Javier Peña-Ibáñez @jpenaibanez
Gregory Tsantilas @gtsantilas

Speakers:
ALIAS (Team Electryone) @alias.ooo
Comte/Meuwly (Team Electryone) @comte_meuwly
DU Studio @detouruniverse
Forms of Commons @formsofcommons
KOSMOS @kosmos_architects
Nicolas König (Team Electryone)
@nicolasthomaskoenig @820.works
Blanka Major (Team Electryone) @bla_nka
Pierre Marmy (Team Electryone) @pierre_marmy
Parabase @parabase.eu
Johanna Roth (Team Electryone) @johanna____roth
Vitali Studio @vitali_studio
ZAS* @furlygurl

Supporters:
agps @agps_architecture
atelierburkhaltersumi @marianneburkhalter
PARK ARCH @park_arch_
+ 3 silent supporters

Food:
La Finestra da Pepe @la_finestra___

Ephemeral Agents Symposium took place at Gallery House Zurich @galleryhouse.zurich - Quellenstrasse 27, 8005 Zürich.

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Closing the year by sharing photos from our last event - made possible by 4 curators, 14 speakers, 49 exhibitors chosen from 160+ submitted projects to our Open Call, and 6 supporters.

Thank you all for being part of this!

Ephemeral Agents, held in Zurich on Thursday 11.12, under the joint umbrella of Concéntrico @concentricofestival and DISTIGMO @distigmo

Curators:
Alessia Bertini @alessia_snd
Steffen Hägele @steffenhagele
Javier Peña-Ibáñez @jpenaibanez
Gregory Tsantilas @gtsantilas

Speakers:
ALIAS (Team Electryone) @alias.ooo
Comte/Meuwly (Team Electryone) @comte_meuwly
DU Studio @detouruniverse
Forms of Commons @formsofcommons
KOSMOS @kosmos_architects
Nicolas König (Team Electryone)
@nicolasthomaskoenig @820.works
Blanka Major (Team Electryone) @bla_nka
Pierre Marmy (Team Electryone) @pierre_marmy
Parabase @parabase.eu
Johanna Roth (Team Electryone) @johanna____roth
Vitali Studio @vitali_studio
ZAS* @furlygurl

Supporters:
agps @agps_architecture
atelierburkhaltersumi @marianneburkhalter
PARK ARCH @park_arch_
+ 3 silent supporters

Food:
La Finestra da Pepe @la_finestra___

Ephemeral Agents Symposium took place at Gallery House Zurich @galleryhouse.zurich - Quellenstrasse 27, 8005 Zürich.

Photography by Pierre Marmy @pierre_marmy

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A tres semanas del cierre de las convocatorias de #Concéntrico presentamos el jurado de esta edición, un equipo interdisciplinar que reúne perfiles del comisariado, la arquitectura, la gestión cultural y la administración pública.

El jurado está formado por @gtsantilas , @alessia_snd y @steffenhagele, comisarios del programa Ephemeral Agents; @solcandela, directora de la @fundacion.arquia; @bayona_studio, arquitecto y participante en el festival; @jpenaibanez e @irene_fgarijo, director y coordinadora de Concéntrico; @cepaacp, presidente de la @fundacioncoar; @rebeca_castellano_, responsable de Artes Visuales y Humanidades del @goetheinstitut_madrid; Pilar Arce y Rafael Álvarez, representantes del Departamento de Urbanismo, Espacio Público y Ciudad Circular del @aytologrono

📆Las convocatorias Ephemeral Agents, Ecologías Urbanas e Identidad y Ficción cierran el 13 de enero de 2026.

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Three weeks before the open calls close, we introduce the jury of this year’s Concéntrico edition—an interdisciplinary team bringing together curatorial practice, architecture, cultural management and public administration.

The jury includes Gregory Tsantilas, Alessia Bertini and Steffen Hägele, curators of the Ephemeral Agents programme; Sol Candela, Director of the Fundación Arquia; Xevi Bayona, architect and festival participant; Javier Peña Ibáñez and Irene F. Garijo, Director and Coordinator of Concéntrico; Ángel Carrero, President of the Fundación COAR; Rebeca Castellano, Head of Visual Arts and Humanities at the Goethe-Institut; Pilar Arce and Rafael Álvarez, representatives of the Urban Planning, Public Space and Circular City Department of the Logroño City Council.

📆The open calls Ephemeral Agents, Urban Ecologies and Identity & Fiction close on January 13, 2026.

#jury #jurado #opencalls #convocatorias

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Now available! Heinz Isler
Built Experiments – Entrepreneurial Networks @gtaverlag

Thin structures of reinforced concrete are the trademark of Heinz Isler (1926–2009). The Swiss engineer’s experimental approach and entrepreneurial attitude enabled his enduring success as one of the most prolific shell designers of the twentieth century. With an impressive portfolio of over one thousand reinforced concrete shells, he stands as an internationally significant designer of spatial structures. Isler’s practice was based on experimental methodologies that differed vastly from conventional engineering approaches of his time. This same pioneering spirit led him to explore innovative materials and techniques in the building industry. The success of the ‘Isler shells’ was not only fostered by the political and economic conditions of the prosperous years after World War II. It was also based on a strong network of clients and cooperation partners.

Through essays, a catalogue of selected projects, a list of all realised projects, archival materials and current photographs, this is the first book to comprehensively investigate Isler’s work from both an engineering and cultural-historical perspective and to make his complete oeuvre accessible.

Edited by Giulia Boller (@giuliaboller), Matthias Beckh (@structuraldesign_tud), Rainer Schützeichel (@akoeln_thkoeln), Joseph Schwartz, Laurent Stalder.

Contributions by Bill Addis, Kouros Azar-Pey, Matthias Beckh, Alessia Bertini (@alessia_snd), Giulia Boller, Heinz Bösiger, John Chilton, Yvan Delemontey, Elke Genzel, Hans Glanzmann, Franz Graf, Sascha Gsell, Lukas Ingold (@lukasingold), Duks Koschitz, Toni Kotnik, Egor Lykov, Leo Müller, Sarah Nichols, Ekkehard Ramm, Rainer Schützeichel, Joseph Schwartz, Cyrille Simonnet, Laurent Stalder, Pamela Voigt (@kunststoffbauten), Georg Vrachliotis (@georgvrachliotis)

Translated by Thomas Skelton-Robinson, Jill Denton With photographs by Georg Aerni (@georgaerni), Hannes Henz 
Designed by Studio NOI (@studionoi)

Image editing: Marjeta Morinc (@marjetamorinc)

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Christmas Book Sale, this Friday at thirtythree ✨✨✨

Next to the launch of P.G.R. we will also host @care.of.bardi @superposition.global and @distigmo for a special Christmas book/magazine sale with bags by @meduse.milano curated by EDIZIONI C/O BARDI.
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See you there with a lot of lambrusco, a wonderful DJ Set by @carolinacatarino and many good books ✨✨✨
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thirthythree
Muellerstrasse 33
8004 Zürich
12.12.25
5-10 pm

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Ephemeral Agents Symposium is a joint programme developed by Concéntrico × DISTIGMO @concentricofestival x @distigmo

The Ephemeral Agents Symposium looks at how temporary architectural projects can have a lasting impact on the city. Architects and designers are invited to address how a temporary project can shift how people use, see, or think about urban spaces.

Curators:
Alessia Bertini @alessia_snd
Steffen Hägele @steffenhagele
Javier Peña-Ibáñez @jpenaibanez
Gregory Tsantilas @gtsantilas

Speakers:
ALIAS (Team Electryone) @alias.ooo
Comte/Meuwly (Team Electryone) @comte_meuwly
DU Studio @detouruniverse
Forms of Commons @formsofcommons
KOSMOS @kosmos_architects
Nicolas König (Team Electryone)
@nicolasthomaskoenig @820.works
Blanka Major (Team Electryone) @bla_nka
Pierre Marmy (Team Electryone) @pierre_marmy
Parabase @parabase.eu
Johanna Roth (Team Electryone) @johanna____roth
Vitali Studio @vitali_studio
ZAS*

Supporters:
agps @agps_architecture
atelierburkhaltersumi @marianneburkhalter
PARK ARCH @park_arch_

Food:
La Finestra da Pepe @la_finestra___

The programme combines an exhibition of projects selected through Open Call A, and a symposium featuring invited speakers.

Ephemeral Agents will take place at Gallery House Zurich @galleryhouse.zurich - Quellenstrasse 27, 8005 Zürich.

Thursday 11.12.2025
Exhibition 16:00-23:00
Symposium 18:30-21:00

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