The misery of the Mittelland (Swiss Press Audio 2017, by Alex Moser) - Swiss Press Award

Echo der Zeit / SRF

Alex Moser

Coop has the largest bakery in the country, everyone said. This new Coop distribution center in Schafisheim is modern, great, huge, but above all ugly. The entire Mittelland region is full of such industrial buildings. Where is the architectural sophistication? Industrial buildings used to have that too. I investigated this question.