Published in the form of a full-color comic strip, ‘MetroBasel’ is a comprehensive urban study and portrait of Basel and its surroundings. It is realized by the urban research unit ETH Studio Basel.
Basel’s metropolitan area is spanning across three countries, spread over nine administrative regions and consisting of more than 200 communities, each having their own regulations, planning guidelines, and development aims. Any coordinated effort for a regional plan and concerted urban development seems futile and is quickly dissolved in an intricate web of administrative obstacles and organizational incompatibilities.
The comic book’s goal is to tackle the unwieldy topics of urban research: What determines a city? What shapes its quality? What are the challenges for tomorrow’s cities? Whereas the comic book examines the metropolitan area of Basel, it raises problems comparable to other cities.
MetroBasel Comic (English/German/French)
conceived by Jacques Herzog, Pierre de Meuron and Manuel Herz
production: Manuel Herz, Ying Zhou and by team ETH Studio Basel
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you neglect to mention the person who made the comic..
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