For the permanent exhibition ‘focusTerra’ in the atrium of the ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) in Zurich, iart conceived the mediation and planned the media technology. The exhibition was designed by Holzer Kobler Architekturen. The topics ‘Dynamics of the Earth, ‘Treasures of the Earth’ and ‘Archives of the Earth’ are presented on the three floors of the pavilion.

Several media stations display current research findings from the ETH. Their contents are being renewed by the institutes themselves via a customised content management system. On the exhibition’s ground floor, two projections on semi-spheres show processes in the earth’s mantle. On the second floor, an interactive binocular is installed. By selecting different specimens and looking at them through the binocular, visitors can retrieve additional information about the specimens that automatically appears on two screens above the binocular.

Project feature on focusTerra at plot magazine

Focus Terra
Permanent exhibition
Opening: April 5, 2009

Project duration
3,5 years

Customer
ETH Zürich
Departement Erdwissenschaften

Client
Holzer Kobler Architekturen

Services iart
Conception, planning, preparation of advertised bidding
Site management
Light planning

Media installations
Audio and video installations
Interactive multimedia stations
Large scale projections
Multi screen installations

Project team iart
Steffen Blunk, Project management
Verena Sicking, Assistance
Valentin Spiess, Coaching

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The exhibition body by Holzer Kobler (© Holzer Kobler Architekturen, Foto: Susana Bruell)

Installation on geomagnetism

Two projections showing convectional flux processes in the Earth’s mantle

Interactive touchscreen

Binokular with information about the preparation

© Holzer Kobler Architekturen

Exhibition in the atrium of ETH, Zurich (Rendering)

© Holzer Kobler Architekturen

One of the exhibition spaces (Rendering)