The Foundation

The research foundation ‘research design competitions’ has been established in 2007 in order to facilitate research in the field of design competitions and to secure the knowledge in the field. The foundation aims at producing an awareness of the un-built and at creating a network between institutions in both research and praxis.

The founding partners are:

• Association of Swiss Engineers and Architects
• Verlags-AG der akademischen technischen Vereine
• City of Zürich
• Princedom of Lichtenstein
• Canton of Basel-Stadt

Managing Director

Dr. Joris Van Wezemael is the managing director of the foundation. Please contact him for more information, questions, and suggestions.

Contact

Research Design Competitions
c/o SIA
Selnaustrasse 16
P.O.Box
CH-8027 Zürich
T: +41 (0)44 283 15 43
F: +41 (0)44 283 15 16
director@researchdc.org
www.research-design-competitions.org

The Partners are:

• Departments of architecture and of Architektur und Civil Environmental and Geomatic Engineering at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich)
• School of Architecture, Civil and Envirnomental Engineering at the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPF Lausanne)
• Accademia di architettura at the University of Lugano

Code & Concept:

Moritz Zimmer
Konzept & Code
c/o din15.org
Dienerstrasse 15
CH-8004 Zürich
omo@oio.ch
www.oio.ch