Werterhaltung Hochhaus BogenstrMaintaining the value of the Bogenstrasse multi-storey building: Heritage Society SG / AI honours handling of industrial architectural culture.
In the post-war period the industrial nations experienced a new boom which can also be recognised in eastern Switzerland by its outstanding industrial architecture, for example in the Rhine Valley (Beldona in Widnau), in Fürstenland (Goldzack in Gossau) as well as in the Linth region (Weidmann AG in Rapperswil-Jona). Since 2010, however, job losses resulting from outsourcing to other continents have increased sharply. In socio-cultural and socio-political terms, these are the downsides of global trends. On the other hand, it is important to maintain buildings that are significant in terms of architecture and working culture and to safeguard them for the future by ensuring their revival and further development to a high standard, thereby also continuing their cultural history.
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