Swiss construction documentation

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The Swiss Building Documentation (French Documentation suisse du bâtiment , Italian Documentazione svizzera dell'edilizia , English Swiss Building Documentary Service ) is a specialist publication by the Docu Media Schweiz GmbH publishing house based in Adliswil. It is intended to convey information between the construction product industry and service provider on the one hand and the architects and planners on the other.

history

The Swiss construction documentation was created from the Swiss construction catalog .

Swiss construction catalog 1930 to 1968

The Federation of Swiss Architects BSA recognized in the late 1920s that there are no working tools over the Swiss Bauproduktmarkt for architects. At a committee meeting of the BSA in 1928, there was a suggestion on the agenda for future building product information to be published in a uniform format and made available to the architects. In 1930 the first edition of the Swiss building catalog was published in book form by the Federation of Swiss Architects BSA. Despite difficulties during the Second World War and in the post-war years, the Swiss building catalog developed into the standard information work for architects in Switzerland. Due to the size of the publication, the Swiss building catalog was divided into several volumes at the end of the 1960s. The update took place every two years.

Swiss construction documentation from 1968 to the present day

At the end of the 1960s, those responsible began redesigning the Swiss building catalog. Through contacts with other European building catalog publishers and visits to congresses, they looked for modern publication options for building products. Great importance was attached to the topicality of the publications.

The new developments led to the establishment of the AG for building documentation and information Docu in Basel in October 1967. Purpose is: Administration and publication of the Swiss construction documentation in the loose-leaf system such as the Swiss construction machine catalog and related publications; Documentation and information about building products; electronic data processing; Operation of a publishing house; Mediation of building literature; Operation of a graphic studio and participation in other companies.

In 1968, the Swiss construction documentation introduced red and blue folders with a loose-leaf system parallel to the Swiss construction catalog. The red folders contained construction product information, the blue folders contained theoretical information for construction professionals. The building product manufacturers and suppliers could choose whether they would like to appear in the Swiss building catalog every two years or whether they would like to publish in the folders of the Swiss building documentation. The advantage of the continuous updating of the loose-leaf system of the Swiss building documentation prevailed against the book form of the building catalog.

In 2010, the loose-leaf system was discontinued in the Swiss building documentation files, as architects and planners use the Internet to search for information about building products and building services. In addition, the Internet enables networking with different areas. From 2011 to 2013, the product information was published again in book form as a replacement for the folders. In 2014 the first edition of the bilingual architecture yearbook of Swiss construction documentation was published.

Publications

Digital media

Online platform

The Swiss construction documentation publishes online architecture projects from Switzerland as well as information on products and services for all construction stages. All information is integrated into the database. The database includes around 2,500 product groups with 60,000 product entries and 12,000 companies, which can be researched in German or French with over 17,000 key words. CAD drawings , tender texts or brochures complete the product information.

Newsletter

Various newsletter formats are available for the publication of new products, services or architectural projects.

Printed media

Architecture yearbook of Swiss building documentation

The bilingual architecture yearbook of Swiss construction documentation has been published since 2014. The yearbook shows a cross-section of current Swiss architecture with text and images. The yearbook is divided into the areas of living and working environments. For inspiration, the implemented projects are illustrated in the front part of the pictures. The second part contains information about the project and shows solutions and applications of products that are directly related to the project.

Trade fairs and competitions

Swissbau

Since the beginning of Swissbau in the 1970s, Swiss Construction Documentation has been taking part in the fair and presenting its products and services. The Swiss construction documentation also supported Swissbau in setting up the nomenclature for visitor, exhibitor and product information.

Architect @ Work

At the Architect @ Work trade fair in Zurich, specially designed for architects and planners, the Swiss construction documentation for construction professionals will be showing new print and online publications and providing information on new products and services.

Arc Award the Swiss Architecture Award

The Swiss construction documentation and the architecture trade journal Viso are the sponsors of the annual Swiss architecture competition Arc Award . The Next Generation competition category is aimed at architecture students who want to submit their master's, bachelor's or project work. A jury of experts evaluates the submitted competition entries. The award ceremony and presentation of the winners will take place in October of the same year.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Published in the Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce No. 242 of October 16, 1967, p. 3427.