Best of Both Worlds: Lamenting Our Path to the Future. (July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Petermann, Stephan
• Other Names: Bolchover Joshua guestEditor.; Lin John guestEditor.; Lange Christiane guestEditor.
• Is Part Of: Architectural design. Volume 86:Number 4(2016)
• Page Start: 106
• Page End: 113
• Publication Date: 2016-07
• Subjects: Denniston International Architects -- The Chedi Andermatt -- Andermatt -- Switzerland -- TS Eliot -- 'The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock' -- Gotthard Pass -- Second World War -- Swiss Alpine Fortress -- Cold War -- Samih Sawiris -- AMO -- Leonidas Bieri -- 'Global Village' -- Orascom Hotels and Development -- Kuala Lumpur -- Melbourne -- Hong Kong -- Miami -- Max Germann -- Eero Saarinen -- John Deere World Headquarters -- Mo line -- Illinois -- Vladivostock -- Russia -- Intourist hotels -- Soviet Union -- Landlust -- Homes & Gardens; 729
• DOI: 10.1002/ad.2075
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-8504

Abstract

Abstract : After a period of decline, the Alpine valley of Andermatt in Switzerland is undergoing major development as a holiday resort by an Egyptian real estate billionaire. A documentary film on the process, by a young Swiss filmmaker, highlights the ambivalent relationship between global corporatist efforts to 'rescue' struggling rural areas, and the local communities concerned.Stephan Petermann, who is researching the future of the countryside for architect Rem Koolhaas's think tank AMO, gives an account of it.