“Architecture not for its own sake, but rather as the setting for a variety of experiences, for stories, that give a city character. That has always been our goal,” write Stücheli Architekten in the foreword to their anniversary publication. Consequently, for once it isn’t buildings that are the focus of this unusual architecture book but rather just one among the many different stories that could have unfolded in selected buildings. Comic author Matthias Gnehm had a free hand in developing the story.
The fictitious story is full of actual historical anecdotes. Readers who want to find out more about these partly oral legends or about the buildings can look up the facts in an appendix.