‘The ground accounts for 70% of my rent?’ – A guide to socially responsible selling and inheritance
Public discussion on 26.10.2025, 16 Uhr | Zentralwäscherei
Anyone who wants a social transformation in construction must also talk about property ownership and rising land prices. In short bursts, we explore the questions: Why has land reform failed so far? Why don’t socially minded owners give away their houses? What do you need to bear in mind if you want to sell or bequeath houses fairly? Finally, we discuss the question of a ‘fair’ price.
Nadine Zberg (city historian), Lu Decurtins (@casafairzuerich), Andreas Wirz (@wohnbaugenossenschaften_zurich), Urban Equipe, @buero_vor_ort, Kollektiv @mietenmarta and various representatives of the ‘Arbeitskreis sozialökologische Bauwende’ (Working Group on Socio-Ecological Construction Reform) will be invited as discussion partners.
Behind the programme is the ‘Working Group on Socio-Ecological Construction Change’, in which around 50 practitioners have been sharing their experiences of socially acceptable housing construction for around two years. The programme is organised by the associations Urban Equipe and Bureau Giacometti as part of the Stadt_Labor series of the Ponte Project Fund Foundation.
The event is part of the series “Building the Future. Now!‘ at the Architekturforum Zürich, and is also part of the event series ’Social-ecological construction transition now!”, organised by the Working Group on Social-Ecological Construction Transition and the associations Bureau Giacometti and Urban Equipe, as part of the Stadt_Labor series of the Ponte Project Fund Foundation. The findings of the event will be published in a book by Hochparterre Verlag in 2026.