On Thursday I had the pleasure of meeting with Jacques Levy-Bencheton and Antoine Kersse from Paris-based Brunet Saunier Architecture in Geneva. Back in July I’d been asked by Jacques and Jerome Brunet to participate in a project they were working on relating to architecture for hospitals: they’re creating a book based on a series of interviews – and their Phylum H work, which Jacques presented at AU 2018, do check out the recording – that will look at architecture of hospitals, both retrospectively and prospectively. My role would be to participate in an interview alongside Jacques – run by Antoine – as we discuss the current and future use of technology in the industry.
We’d discussed various locations for the interview, and ended up opting to meet in Geneva, which was absolutely perfect for me – being an hour from Neuchatel by train – and not too bad for Jacques and Antoine – who could travel from Paris in a hair over 3 hours. I waited for them at Geneva,…