Discourse

Arquitectura Entre Vistas – Abroad. 

domusweb.it. 
Weinlager residential conversion,
 Basel.

Archi 1/2018.
Housing complex Neudorfstrasse, Wädenswil. 

Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 10/2004. 

On the holiday home at Seerücken, Thurgau, by Staufer & Hasler Architekten, Frauenfeld,
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 11/2007. 

Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 11/2013. 
Housing complex Brunnmatt-Ost, Bern. 

The housing complex Brunnmatt-Ost in Bern is among the winners of this year's «Arc Award». 

Weinlager residential conversion wins at this year's edition of «Arc Award» in the housing category! 

Marco Rickenbacher speaks about the «irides» residential, care and retirement centre of Stiftung Blindenheim Basel, which was completed in April. 

Didi Offensiv, Erasmusplatz 12, Basel, 7.00 pm. 

Weinlager residential conversion is part of the exhibition at Deutschen Architekturmuseum. 

Exhibition: 14.06. – 15.10.2025.

The housing scheme Kuppe is doubly awarded! In addition to the regular award, it also received the “Green Leu”, the special award for sustainability.

The housing scheme Oberzelg in Winterthur-Sennhof is one of the awarded projects. 

hochparterre.ch.
Housing scheme Oberzelg, Winterthur. 

The housing complex Stähelimatt in Zurich is part of this year's selection of outstanding projects by Archithese editorial team. 

The apartment buildings Maiengasse and Hebelstrasse in Basel are among the selected projects for «Swiss Performance 2019» by Archithese. 

The housing scheme Kuppe in Horgen is part of the selected projects for this year's edition of «Swiss Performance» by Archithese. 

Weinlager residential conversion is part of this year's project selection by the editorial team of Archithese. 

The «Auszeichnung Berner Baukultur» foundation honores the housing complex Brunnmatt-Ost in Bern with the «Atuprix» award.  

Modulør 4–5/2020. 
Apartment and commercial buildings
Zollstrasse-Ost, Zurich.

Lecture by Philipp Esch as part of the series «Irrtum Abriss» of Architekturforum Bern. 

Stadtsaal Kornhausforum, Bern, 7.00 pm. 

The apartment and commercial buildings Zollstrasse-Ost in Zurich are among the projects awarded by the city of Zurich. 

The apartment buildings Maiengasse and Hebelstrasse are among the winnig projects at «Auszeichnung Guter Bauten» of the cantons Basel-Landschaft and Basel-Stadt.

Weinlager residential conversion belongs to the awarded projects at «Auszeichnung Gutes Bauen» of the cantons Basel-Landschaft and Basel-Stadt.  

Bauwelt «Brick 2.0/03». 
Housing complex Brunnmatt-Ost, Bern. 

The apartment buildings Maiengasse and Hebelstrasse are among the projects awarded by Heimatschutz Basel. 

Weinlager residential conversion is honored with the audience award. 

Weinlager residential conversion is the winner in the «Renovation» category at «European Collective Housing Award 2024». 

On the «RiffRaff» apartment building with cinema and restaurant in Zurich, 
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 3/2003. 

Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 5/2000. 

On the Laban Dance Centre London, by Herzog & de Meuron, 
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 4/2003. 

Archi 2/2023. 
Weinlager residential conversion,
 Basel.

Archi 2/2023. 
Weinlager residential conversion,
 Basel.

NZZ. 
Apartment and commercial buildings
Zollstrasse-Ost, Zurich.

hochparterre.ch. 
On the design of the shopping arcade at Zurich main station by Trix and Robert Hausmann.

Hochparterre 12/2012. 
Pedestrian link Plessur–Halde, Chur. 

Tagesanzeiger, Das Magazin 10/2013. 
Pedestrian link Plessur–Halde, Chur. 

Hochparterre 8/2013. 
Housing complex Brunnmatt-Ost, Bern.

Weinlager residential conversion is one of the award-winning projects. 

Marco Rickenbacher is a guest at Fassadenkongress «Faszination Fassade». 

Architektenkammer Baden-Württemberg, Danneckerstraße 54, Stuttgart. Remote participation is possible. 

hochparterre.ch. 
Expansion of the school complex Mettmenstetten. 

NZZ. 
Pedestrian link Plessur–Halde, Chur. 

Hochparterre 6–7/2023. 
Weinlager residential conversion,
 Basel.

NZZ. 
Apartment and commercial buildings
Zollstrasse-Ost, Zurich.

hochparterre.ch. 
Apartment and commercial buildings
Zollstrasse-Ost,
 Zurich. 

TEC21 37/2023. 
Weinlager residential conversion,
 Basel.

swiss-architects.ch.
School complex Sirius and maintenance depot, Zurich. 

«Die Tiefe der Oberfläche – über das Dilemma der Authentizität»,
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 3/2015. 

«Die Übereinstimmung von Form und Inhalt – ein kleines ABC der Eleganz»,
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 5/2010. 

On the housing scheme Schürliweg in Zurich-Affoltern by Ueli Zbinden,
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 11/2010. 

TEC21 12/2022. 
Apartment buildings Maiengasse and
Hebelstrasse, Basel.

Modulør 7/2018.  
Apartment buildings Maiengasse and
Hebelstrasse, Basel.

TEC21 25/2024. 
Regensbergbrücke high-rise, Zurich.

architekturbasel.ch. 
Weinlager residential conversion,
 Basel. 

On the single-family home «Zur Stiege» in Bürglen UR, by Loeliger Strub Architektur, 
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 3/2004. 

naiz.eus. 
Weinlager residential conversion,
 Basel. 

hochparterre.ch. 
Housing scheme Kuppe, Trift district, Horgen. 

Hochparterre, Sonderheft 4/2016.
Apartment buildings Schönberg-Ost, Bern. 

architekturbasel.ch. 
Apartment buildings Maiengasse and
Hebelstrasse, Basel.

architekturbasel.ch. 
«irides» residential, care and retirement centre, Basel. 

hochparterre.ch. 
Apartment and commercial building Stellwerk 2, Winterthur. 

On the expansion of the school building Scherr, Zurich, by Patrick Gmür Architekten, 
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 11/2003. 

Wohnen 9/2019.
Housing complex Neudorfstrasse, Wädenswil. 
Housing scheme Oberzelg, Winterthur. 

On the single-family home Gartmann, Sargans, by Aschwanden Schürer Architekten, Zurich, 
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 10/2004. 

Philipp Esch gives a talk on the Weinlager residential conversion in Basel. 

École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Nancy. 

Weinlager residential conversion is part of the exhibition at Architekturschaufenster Karlsruhe. 

Vernissage: 3.12.2024,
Exhibition: 4.12.2024 – 28.02.2025.  

This semester, Atelier Esch is exploring the built heritage of traditional textile production in the canton of Glarus. 

hochparterre.ch. 
Apartment and commercial buildings
Zollstrasse-Ost,
 Zurich. 

The apartment building Maiengasse in Basel wins the golden national award as well as the 1st rank in «Region Nord». 

«Great Minds Think Alike oder­ Gedanken aus der Sicht eines Jurymitglieds», Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 10/2022. 
Housing scheme Kuppe, Trift district, Horgen.

Hochparterre 6–7/2013.
Apartment buildings Schönberg-Ost, Bern. 

On the single-family home Buscaglia in Altendorf SZ by Pool Architekten, 
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 7/2004. 

Marco Rickenbacher is part of the «Hänggitürme Glarnerland» meeting of experts in Schwanden. 

The pedestrian link Plessur–Halde in Chur wins the bronze award at «Die Besten 2012» by Hochparterre. 

The apartment buildings Maiengasse and Hebelstrasse win the bronze award at «Die Besten 2018» by Hochparterre. 

The housing complex Brunnmatt-Ost in Bern wins the golden award at «Die Besten 2013» by Hochparterre. 

Weinlager residential conversion wins the golden award at «Die Besten 2023» by Hochparterre. 

On a house by Kazuo Shinohara, 1966, 
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 4/2004. 

hochparterre.ch. 
Marketplace Flawil. 

Wohnen 3/2018.
Housing complex Neudorfstrasse, Wädenswil. 

On the cooperative housing complex in Zurich-Leimbach by Pool Architekten, 
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 3/2005. 

Digital wood construction archive of Berner Fachhochschule.
Apartment buildings Maiengasse and
Hebelstrasse,
 Basel. 
Housing scheme Kuppe, Trift district, Horgen.

Schweizer Illustrierte 7/2020. 
Apartment and commercial buildings
Zollstrasse-Ost, Zurich.

«Housing. Not flats – A conversation with Philipp Esch», daidalos.org. 

«Hybrid Cluster – Ein Regelwerk für das Zentrumsgebiet Sulzer-Oberwinterthur»,
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 12/2007. 

Contribution to Forderungen der Zeit: Hamburger Architektur- und Stadtdiskurs Wohnen, edited by Katja-Annika Pahl et al., Hamburg 2023. 

On the renovation of the housing scheme Stadtrain in Winterthur by Knapkiewicz & Fickert Architekten, Zurich, 
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 9/2009. 

On the single-family home in Vaduz by Brunhart Brunner Kranz Architekten, 
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 3/2008. 

Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 3/2004. 

Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 12/2007. 

Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 12/2000. 

Lecture by Philipp Esch on the invitation of Studio Piet Eckert Wim Eckert, TU Dortmund. 
Baukunstarchiv NRW, Dortmund, 7.00 pm. 

Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 4/2000. 

Hochparterre, Sonderheft 4/2016.
Apartment buildings Schönberg-Ost, Bern. 

Wohnen 5/2008. 
Housing complex Stähelimatt,
 Zurich.

On the single-family home Cartillone in Büren SO by Buchner Bründler Architekten, 2002, 
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 6/2004. 

L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui 462.
Weinlager residential conversion, Basel. 

Weinlager residential conversion is part of the exhibition at Euskadiko Arkitektura Institutua. 

Exhibition: 27.02. – 1.06.2025.

«Lob des Hintergrunds – Vom Missverständnis, die Architektur gewinne an Bedeutung, je mehr Aufmerksamkeit sie beansprucht», Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 6/2020. 

Edited by BETA, AM, 2023. 
Apartment buildings Maiengasse and
Hebelstrasse, Basel.
Housing scheme Kuppe, Trift district, Horgen. 

Hochparterre 6–7/2017.
Housing complex Neudorfstrasse, Wädenswil. 

beton2030.ch. 
Weinlager residential conversion,
 Basel. 

hochparterre.ch. 
Housing scheme Kuppe, Trift district, Horgen.

TEC21 3–4/2023. 
Apartment buildings Friedackerstrasse, Zurich. 

Esch Sintzel Architekten: Bauten und Projekte/ Buildings and Projects, edited by Martin Tschanz, Zurich: Park Books, 2025.

TEC21 4/2024. 
Modernisation housing scheme Dennlerstrasse, Zurich.

TEC21 4/2020. 
Apartment and commercial building Stellwerk 2, Winterthur. 

Zement+Beton 1/2024. 
Weinlager residential conversion,
 Basel.

«New Masters & Old Houses/ 
nuovi maestri & vecchie case», 
6850 1/2025. 

The housing scheme Oberzelg in Winterthur-Sennhof is among the nominated projects for this year's «Architekturpreis Kanton Zürich». 

The apartment and commercial buildings Zollstrasse-Ost in Zurich are among the preselection for «Fritz-Höger-Preis für Backsteinarchitektur 2021». 

The apartment and commercial buildings Zollstrasse-Ost in Zurich are among the nominated projects at «Arc Award 2021». 

The apartment and commercial buildings Zollstrasse-Ost in Zurich are among the nominated projects at this year's edition of «Architekturpreis Kanton Zürich». 

The apartment buildings Friedackerstrasse in Zurich are part of the preselection for «Swiss Architecture Yearbook – SAY 2023». 

The housing scheme Kuppe in Horgen is part of the preselection for «Swiss Architecture Yearbook – SAY 2023». 

The expansion of the school complex Mettmenstetten is honored with a nomination at «Arc Award 2023». 

Weinlager residential conversion in Basel is among the nominated projects for the inclusion in the 2025/26 edition of «Swiss Architecture Yearbook – SAY». 

«irides» residential, care and retirement centre in Basel is among the nominated projects for the inclusion in the 2025/26 edition of «Swiss Architecture Yearbook – SAY». 

The apartment buildings Maiengasse and Hebelstrasse in Basel are honored at «Premio Europeo di Architettura Matilde Baffa Ugo Rivolta 2021». 

Marco Rickenbacher guides through the newly completed residential conversion of a former wine warehouse. 

Weinlager residential conversion can be visited within Open House Basel. 

The housing complex Brunnmatt-Ost can be viewed within the event. 

Housing complex Brunnmatt-Ost can be visited within the event. 

Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 5/2020. 
Apartment and commercial buildings 
Zollstrasse-Ost, Zurich. 

On the atrium between Werkhof Urania and Zürcher Amtshaus III by Martin and Elisabeth Boesch,
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 11/2007. 

Philipp Esch gives a talk within the «School Lecture Series N°7 – Housing» at EPFL. 

Auditorium SG, 6.30 pm. 

hochparterre.ch. 
Housing complex Neudorfstrasse, Wädenswil. 

«Premio Europeo di Architettura Matilde Baffa Ugo Rivolta 2021: Concorso per il social housing – i risultati»,
espazium.ch. 
Apartment buildings Maiengasse and 
Hebelstrasse, Basel. 

The pedestrian link Plessur–Halde in Chur wins the steel construction award «Prix Ancier». 

Archi 5/2023. 
Apartment and commercial buildings 
Zollstrasse-Ost, Zurich. 

On the exhibition «Le Corbusier – The Art of Architecture» at Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, 
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 12/2007. 

On the apartment building Forsterstrasse by Christian Kerez, 
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 5/2004. 

A reply to the article «Neue Deutschschweizer Realitäten» by Tibor Joanelly, in: Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 12/2015. 

The apartment and commercial buildings Zollstrasse-Ost in Zurich are honored with a recognition at «Die Besten 2019» by Hochparterre. 

Zentralwäscherei in Zurich is ideal in order to practice strategies for dealing with existing buildings. The nature of the ensemble forces situational, specific interventions and does not allow for abstract, rule-based thinking.

Edited by Burgergemeinde Bern and the city of Bern. 
Apartment buildings Schönberg-Ost, Bern. 

Steel Doc 1/2013. 
Pedestrian link Plessur–Halde, Chur. 

The housing scheme Oberzelg in Winterthur-Sennhof wins the special award for the overall effect of rendering and colour. 

The apartment buildings Friedackerstrasse in Zurich win the silver award! 

The housing scheme Kuppe in Horgen is part of the preselection for «Arc Award 2022».  

The housing scheme Kuppe is part of the preselection for the «Best Collective Housing Development» award in the «New Construction» category of «European Collective Housing Award 2024».   

TEC21 40/2023. 
School complex Sirius and maintenance depot, Zurich. 

Hochparterre 12/2018.  
Apartment buildings Maiengasse and
Hebelstrasse, Basel.

Der Bund. 
Housing complex Brunnmatt-Ost, Bern.

At «Die Schweizer Architekturpreise 2024» Weinlager residential conversion is honored with a special mention. 

Hochparterre 12/2013. 
Housing complex Brunnmatt-Ost, Bern. 

On the housing complex «Lokomotive» in Winterthur by Knapkiewicz & Fickert, 
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 1/2007. 

Essay in Banal Buildings, edited by Stellan Gulde, Banal Books, 2024. 

Tracés 3535. 
Weinlager residential conversion,
 Basel.

baunetz.de. 
Housing scheme Kuppe, Trift district, Horgen. 

Bauwelt 23/2012. 
Pedestrian link Plessur–Halde, Chur. 

This year, Atelier Esch is devoted to concepts for the conversion of the multi-faceted existing buildings at the port of the historic city of Trieste.

On the holiday home at Flumserberg by em2n Architekten, Zurich, 
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 5/2004. 

Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 11/2003. 
Housing complex Stähelimatt, Zurich. 

Tracés 145.
Apartment buildings Maiengasse and
Hebelstrasse, Basel.

On the renovation and expansion of a single-family home in Triengen, by Lussi + Halter Architekten, 
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 6/2003. 

On the housing scheme Hagenbuchrain by Bünzli & Courvoisier, Zurich, 
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 1/2006. 

Deutsche Bauzeitung 4 /2020.
Apartment buildings Maiengasse and
Hebelstrasse, Basel.

Steel Doc 4/2014. 
Pedestrian link Plessur–Halde, Chur. 

Hochparterre 10/2021.  
Apartment buildings Maiengasse and
Hebelstrasse, Basel.

Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 6/2023. 
Weinlager residential conversion,
 Basel.

Hochparterre 12/2019. 
Apartment and commercial buildings
Zollstrasse-Ost, Zurich.

hochparterre.ch. 
Apartment buildings Friedackerstrasse,
 Zurich. 

Modulør 2/2020. 

Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 1/2012. 
Pedestrian link Plessur–Halde, Chur.

Philipp Esch gives a talk on Weinlager residential conversion in Basel. 
ArchitekturWerkstatt, Ostschweizer Fachhochschule, St. Gallen, 6.00 pm. 

Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 10/2022. 
Housing scheme Kuppe, Trift district, Horgen. 

The residential and commercial buildings Zollstrasse-Ost in Zurich are honored with the golden award at «Erich-Mendelsohn-Preis für Backsteinarchitektur». 

Weinlager residential conversion wins both the jury and the audience award! 

Wohnen 11/2019.
Housing scheme Oberzelg, Winterthur. 

Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 4/2019.
Apartment buildings Maiengasse and
Hebelstrasse, Basel.

Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 1/2008. 
Housing complex Stähelimatt,
 Zurich.

hochparterre.ch. 
Weinlager residential conversion,
 Basel. 

Contribution to Five Good Swiss Plans/ Fünf gute Schweizer Pläne, edited by Kate Finning & Guillermo Fernández-Abascal, Lucerne: Quart-Verlag, 2025. 

Bauwelt 17/2023. 
Weinlager residential conversion,
 Basel.

Lignum Holzbulletin 130.
Housing complex Neudorfstrasse, Wädenswil. 

On the factory building of Loro & Parisini by Luigi Caccia Dominioni,
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 12/2013. 

The workbook provides an insight into the working processes and the results of the past fall semester at Atelier Esch, USI Mendrisio.

The workbook provides an insight into the working processes and the results of the past fall semester at Atelier Esch, USI Mendrisio.

The workbook provides an insight into the working processes and the results of the past fall semester at Atelier Esch, USI Mendrisio.

The workbook provides an insight into the working processes and the results of the past fall semester at Atelier Esch, USI Mendrisio. 

Hochparterre 11/2024. 
«irides» residential, care and retirement centre,
 Basel. 

We approach the complex topic of «re-use» in several ways at the same time. The results of the semester are not intended to be end products, but rather snapshots of a process.

Modulør 3/2021.
Apartment buildings Friedackerstrasse, Zurich.  

Talk by Philipp Esch, followed by a panel discussion within the 6th «BDA-Hochschultag der Architektur».

Deutsches Architektur Zentrum DAZ, Berlin.

Archithese 1/2019 («Swiss Performance»). 
Apartment buildings Maiengasse and
Hebelstrasse, Basel.

TEC21 25/2020. 
Apartment and commercial buildings 
Zollstrasse-Ost, Zurich.