Values
TEN practices design by research
TEN measures precedents
TEN qualifies the urban
TEN works with temporality
TEN reinterprets typologies
TEN annotates projects with many hands
TEN affirms territory through form
TEN constructs with simple means
TEN investigates through drawing
TEN studies relations between books and buildings
TEN activates specialized knowledge
TEN defines collective practice
TEN welcomes all
Profile
TEN is an architecture, design and research association working on the principle that value is an outcome of design effort. Its engagement on public themes of interest and open research on the built environment is shaped by its common statute.
TEN is composed as a record label, providing new formats for interdependent work groups with emphasis on design by research. It aims to conceive, explore and produce ideas that both state and expand upon emerging practices in the built environment. Its focus lies on producing new realities by means of building prototypes, urban propositions, algorithmic design, and materials research with a range of collaborators, colleagues, institutional partners and private clients. TEN is currently focused on developing models for affordable living with particular focus on cohabitation, either through invited studies, prequalified competitions or in self-initiated collaborations.
TEN is a Swiss Art Award laureate (Architecture 2018) and recently received the Foundation Award for Emerging Swiss Architects (2020). Its members are regularly invited and awarded for their contributions to Swiss and international design competitions. The work of its members has been published and presented across numerous digital and printed platforms, magazines and academic journals.
TEN has most recently been nominated for the prestigious Mies van der Rohe Award 2022 for its prototype Avala House and the World Bank Resilient Housing Award for its construction model for the redevelopment of the Thame Valley, Nepal.
Aleksandra Bašić MArch
Cyrill Wechsler MSc ETH Arch
Danijela Jovicic MSc ETH Arch
David Stöger Dipl Ing Arch
Dunja Dedic MArch
Fabian Launer MSc ETH Arch
Fabiana Frisullo MSc ETH Arch
Jelena Perović Dipl Ing Arch
Joel Zimmerli MSc ETH Arch
Luka Piškorec MSc ETH Arch (PhD)
Lukas Burkhart MSc ETH Arch
Mariapaola Michelotto MArch
Nenad Pavlovic MArch
Nemanja Zimonjić MSc ETH Arch
Nicolas Rothenbühler MSc ETH Arch
Ognjen Krašna MArch
Peter Marcus Bach PhD Eng
Scott Lloyd MSc ETH Arch
Sofia Boarino Msc. AAM Arch
Tijana Mačkić MArch
TEN collaborators include:
Shirana Shahbazi, BRUTHER, Adam Jasper, Engineers without borders (IngOG+), Dürig AG, Dr. Neven Kostic, MOFA studio, Studio Tom Emerson ETHZ, Début Début, Studio Mathias Clottu, Urbane Strategien, Dr. Giulia Donati, Ganz Landschaftsarchitekten, Truwant + Rodet +, Stadt Zurich, Dominique Perrault Architecture, Alexis Kalagas, Jan Eugster, Guillaume Othenin-Girard, Karl Ruhle, playze GmbH, Chur University of Applied Sciences, OMMX, Ville de Genève, Bauhaus University of Weimar, Studio NOUN, Emma Letizia Jones, Estudio Artigas, Bessire Winter, 51N4E
Contact
TEN, Kanzleistrasse 129, 8004, Zurich, Switzerland
TEN, Trg Nikole Pasica 7, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia
Works
255
In/Appropriate Technology
Lecture as a prelude to our FS2015 guest semester at the ETH.
2023, Zurich, CH
255
Waste is a Design Error
A lecture on designing for circularity.
2023, Turin, IT
Studio Berlanda
253
Design For All
Scenography for the upcoming exhibition on designing for diversity not norms.
2023, Zurich, CH
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
251
Neighbourhood Index
A manifesto on the collective city in the new standard no neighbourhoods.
2023, Oslo, NO
Alexis Kalagas
244
IPZ
Invited competition of the new innovation park Dübendorf, Zurich. Status: Finalists, ongoing
2023, Zurich, CH
241
Archive of Real Socialism
Design studio teaching at TU Wien.
2023, Vienna, AS
Pier Paolo Tamburelli
230
Under Maintenance
Presenting works in relation to our organisational framework. A lecture for the Montagsreihe series at the Technical University of Munich (TUM).
2022, Munich, DE
229
Island of Gyali
A research project on the future of the island of Gyali with focus on mining economies, terraforming and spatial transformation.
2022, Gyali, GR
Lydia Xynogala, Adam Jasper
226
Juch Recycling Centre
A design study in reuse. Invited competition for the new recycling centre of the City of Zurich.
2022, Zurich, CH
Assemble, Martin König, Ingegneri Pedrazzini Guidotti, Anton Krebs
225
Mode Suisse 2022
Scenography and execution for the 18th Mode Suisse in the new Kunsthaus Zurich.
2022, Zurich, CH
Mode Suisse, Yannick Aellen
224
Its All About Time
Commissioned to present the 500-year Tower at the International Architecture Biennale of Rotterdam.
2022, Rotterdam, NL
Gousgous, Pro Helvetia
223
Oslo Architecture Triennale
Commisioned to design an installation for mixed-use cooperative housing at a neighbourhood scale.
2022, Oslo, No
Alexis Kalagas
221
Nantes Urban Analysis
Designing transformation possibilities of a former hospital site for the City of Nantes.
2021–2022, Nantes, FR
51N4E, Dr. Peter Bach
220
Hofen, Sirnach
Invited competition for a new master plan and residential development in Hofen, Sirnach. Awarded 1st Prize.
2022, Sirnach, CH
Bernhard Zingler Landscape Projects, Ciro Miguel, Dr. Peter Bach
219
Other Peoples Property
A keynote lecture at the Die Bodenfrage – Klima, Ökonomie, Gemeinwohl lecture series by the Faculty of Architecture, RWTH.
2022, Aachen, DE
218
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
Test planing for the restructuring of the existing museum and future Depot for the M&G. Ongoing.
2022, Hamburg, DE
51n4e, Adam Jasper
217
Basel Nauentor
Invited competition for the redevelopment of an existing Post building at the Basel Main Station. Ongoing.
2022, Basel, CH
Dürig AG, Dominique Perrault Architecture, Vetsch Partner, Amstein+Walthert, B+S AG, Basler & Hofmann, Dr. Andrea Glauser
216
Areal Entwicklung Neue Kirche Zürich Witikon
Invited competition for the redevelopment of an areal with existing church in Witikon. Ongoing.
2022, Zurich, CH
Boris Gusic Architekten, KLA Studio, Dr. Peter Bach, Jaeger Baumanagement
214
SWISS TALKS: Experimental Architecture
The ETH Zurich as a meeting point between research and practice. A conversation on experimental practices in architecture with Tom Avermaete, Maria Conen and TEN.
2021, Rome, IT
213
TEN on Values
A lecture on the transformative promise of collective architecture at the Chair of Affective Architecture, ETH.
2022, Zurich, CH
212
Probstei Huegel
Invited competition and study for landscape concepts and use at Probstei Huegel in Zurich. Ongoing.
2022, Zurich, CH
Ganz Landscape architects, Institut für Agrarökologie Aarau, Wanda Keller, Laura Iseli, Büro für Freiraumplanung Hans-Peter Rüdisülli
211
Playze, Local & Transcultural
Curating and development of installation drawings for the exhibition at the Aedes Architecture Forum.
2022, Berlin, DE
playze Architects
210
PHI Contemporain
Invited competition for a new cultural institution in Old Montreal, dedicated to exploring the contemporary through public engagement with art and culture. Finalist.
2022, Montreal, CA
BRUTHER (principal architect), Truwant+Rodet+
209
Swiss Embassy London
Restructuring of the Swiss Embassy in London open competition. Awarded 5th prize.
2022, London, UK
OMMX, Alan Baxter, Max Fordham, Price & Myers.
208
EU Pavilion
Design of the European Pavilion for the Venice Biennale. Co-funded by the European Cultural Foundation.
2021, Milan, IT
Armature Globale, BB with Tomaso De Luca, Jasmina Cibic, Diogo Passarinho Studio, Plan Común, Something Fantastic, Evita Vasiljeva
207
Campo
Invited test planning for the adaptive reuse of an industrial site for the Stiftung für Kunst, Kultur und Geschichte.
2021-2022, Winterthur, CH
51N4E, Inside Outside, Seppe de Blust, Urbane Strategien, Prof. Guillaume Habert Chair of Sustainable Construction ETHZ, Dr. Peter Bach, Dr Giulia Donati, UrbanBEATS, Andreas Ruby, Adam Jasper.
206
Right Time
An essay on landscape and maintenance for Ganz Landschaftsarchitekten, Monographie, Hochparterre.
2021, Zurich, CH
205
Rational Enough
An essay and image proposing how architecture could help weaken ideological extremes. Published in Grand Dessein du Rationalisme, by EPFL and Accatone.
2021, Brussels, BE
204
Ecology as Workshop
Sharing the way in which we work at the Staedelschule Academy of Fine Arts.
2021, Frankfurt am Main, DE
Natalie Donat-Cattin
203
Opera Prima
A featured article on Avala House in Casabella, issue 922.
2021, Milan, IT
202
Live and Work
A Design study for affordable mixed-use housing prototypes.
2021, Zurich, CH
| Steiner Live and Work |
201
House Prototype 6
Extension and refurbishment of a prefabricated single family timber house.
2021 - 2022, Mont sur Rolle, CH
200
New Urban Challenges
A lecture on discovering urban spaces with new digital tools, New Urban Challenges Festival
2021, Rome, IT
199
Everyone in the Area Thinks Zoki is a Football Star
Avala House in Accatone Nr. 7.
2021, Brussels, BE
198
Habitate
Strategic planning for cohabitation in the transformation of a post-industrial urban site. International competition – Awarded 5th prize.
2021, Bern, CH
Dr. Peter Bach, Dr. Giulia Donati, Studio Urbane Strategien
197
Scales of TEN
Honoured to present TEN at the Swiss Cultural Centre
2021, Paris, FR
196
Open Conclusion/s
A closing essay on new forms of design organisation in European Collectives – Counterpractices in European Architecture.
Lausanne, CH
Natalie Donat-Cattin
195
GISA
Pre-qualified competition for urban transformation using affordable timber housing models – Awarded 2nd prize.
Zurich, CH
194
The Cooperative as Urban Interface
An essay on alternative development models for the Deep City: Climate Crisis, Democracy and the Digital Festival.
Lausanne, CH
Alexis Kalagas
193
Salad Days
A written and illustrated piece on the future of urban food production for Architectural Design, Vol. 91, Wiley.
2021, London, UK
Alexis kalagas
192
Desired Models of Habitation
A lecture on life, design and wicked spaces at University of Stuttgart.
2020, Stuttgart, DE
191
EUMiesAward22
Avala, the experimental house for a craftsman has recently been nominated for the EUMiesAward 22.
2021, Barcelona, ES
190
Platnara
A transformation of a 19th century industrial heritage site into a restaurant and textile gallery.
2021 - 2022, Belgrade, RS
189
TEN at Centre Cultures Suisse
Sharing work, values and thoughts on the present and futures of architecture at the Centre Cultures Suisse in Paris. The lecture is booked for the 11th of March 2021.
2021, Paris, FR
188
Hf5W
A rural house for five widows in Gradacac, Bosnia.
2021, Gradacac, BA
ingOG+ Bessire Winter, Shirana Shahbazi
188
One, No One and a Hundred Thousand
A lecture and discussion on the extent of irony in Architecture for the 22nd Session of Forum for Architecture Theory (F.A.T).
2021, Zurich, CH
Eirini Peraki, Natalie Donat-Cattin
187
The Avala House
A residency for a local craftsman in a pastural landscape on Avala mountain near Belgrade.
2020, Belgrade, RS
Miodrag Grbic
186
DED
Designs for a building with three apartments.
2021 - 2022, Belgrade, RS
182
The Bright Side
An invited competition to design a high-rise for the EBG Cooperative – awarded 4th prize.
2021, Bern, CH
181
Foundation Award 2020
Honoured to receive the 2020 Foundation Award for emerging architectural practice in Switzerland.
2020, Basel, CH
180
Pro Helvetia Grant
Grant recipient for international works: The Distributed Cooperative.
2019, Zurich, CH
179
The Distributed Cooperative
An installation for the 2019 Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism.
2019, Seoul, KO
178
Live - Work - Live
An experimental design summer school on urban prototypes and future spaces of work.
2019, Seoul, KO
Alexis Kalagas, Hanyang University, Fast Five
177
Carnets. Architecture is Just a Pretext
An interview, accompanied by a drawing of our studio spaces.
2019, Zurich, CH
Artificial Intelligence
176
Architecture is Just a Pretext
A drawing study on floorplans produced by AI and an interview in Architecture is Just a Pretext in Carnets.
2020, Conegliano, IT
Aalto University
175
Graham Foundation
Grant recipient for the forthcoming exhibition “Vilanova Artigas: Drawing Models”.
2019, Chicago, US
Emma Letizia Jones, Guillaume Othenin-Girard, Shumi Bose
174
The Raw and the Cooked
An invited housing competition for the Wogeno Cooperative on Koechlistrasse – awarded 2nd prize.
2019, Zurich, CH
173
Vilanova Artigas: Drawing Models
Curating the first European show of drawings by Vilanova Artigas.
2022, to be announced soon
Estúdio Artigas, Emma Letizia Jones, Guillaume Othenin-Girard
172
MONU
A piece on how mixed-use cooperative housing development could be conceived at a neighborhood scale.
2019, Rotterdam, NL
Alexis Kalagas
169
The Distributed Cooperative
A research design study for neighbourhood densification. Selected for the Future Architecture Platform.
2020, Ljubljana, SI
Alexis Kalagas
164
Re:public Books and Buildings Part I
An international summer school on architectural treatises between 1500-1850.
2018, Venice, IT
Prof. Maarten Delbeke, Åbäke and IUAV
158
Stuff Forms II
Artist residency: material research on electroforming techniques with copper.
2018, Belgrade, SB
156
Computational Production Paradigms
A lecture at the ETH Zurich as a part of Digital Fabrication Lecture Series.
2018, Zurich, CH
Aalto University, Helsinki
153
Swiss Art Awards 2018
TEN wins the Swiss Art Awards with the installation "Studiolo".
2018, Basel, CH
151
Literacy and architectural discourse
Towards a critical epistemology of architecture through annotated drawings. A summer school on notation, algorithm, and criticism at the CASS-SEE Centre.
2020, Dubrovnik, HR
142
Annotations: The Archaeology of Drawing
A lecture as part of Disegno 2018 conference: "Mastery and Uncertainty".
2018, Louvain, BE
UCLouvain
133
Originally on Nikola Dobrović
An exhibition dedicated to the legacy of Nikola Dobrović.
2017, Belgrade, SB
Prof. Ljiljana Blagojević
131
Lager
Simple moves to transform an industrial shed into a contemporary art gallery.
2017, Belgrade, SB
129
World of TEN
A lecture on beginnings at the Guesthouses, RWTH Aachen.
2016, Aachen, DE
128
Monks Residence
A dormitory for the Buddhist monks of the Thame Valley.
2017, Thame, NP
Thame Sherpa Heritage Fund
119
Artgeneve
A study for a one room artist studio and installation that delimits the scope of action for the future Salon d'art.
2016, Geneva, CH
114
Re:public Motovun
An international drawing summer school focused on investigating civic spaces.
2015, Motovun, HR
The Zagreb Faculty of Architecture
111
Nautilus Construct
A self-built public stage and piece of cultural infrastructure on Vardar River.
2015, Skopje, MK
City Creative Network
109
Haus ohne Eigenschaften
A randomised house configurator and commentary on the standardised vocabulary of Swiss architecture competitions.
2015, Zurich, CH
News from Delphi
107
Re:public Zagreb Rooms
An international drawing summer school & publication focusing on the essence of civic spaces.
2014, Zagreb, HR
The Zagreb Faculty of Architecture