Mirjam Tröndle
A MOCK-UP FOR THE TRAVELLER

in collaboration with:
Chair of Construction Heritage and Preservation, Prof. Dr. Silke Langenberg, Reto Wasser
Chair of History and Theory of Architecture, Prof. Dr. Maarten Delbeke, Linda Stagni

All humans are equal.
In the future, business travellers from all over the world will find temporary accommodation in the new Visionapartments building in Glattbrugg. At the same time, asylum seekers will live in the transit centre in Volketswil. Both groups stay in those places for an average of 3 months, both come from abroad, both have to apply to be in Switzerland, but the interior of the two places could not be more different. The only difference between the two groups however is the way they both got here — by plane or by boat.

All humans are equal.
The traveller lives in the new mock-up. How he got here is irrelevant, what he does here is of no interest. On his journey through, he finds a temporary home in the mock-up. Here his necessities are satisfied, here he finds a place of retreat — the mock-up for the traveller.