Cities and People: Kazakhstan and Switzerland» (2018)
In October 2018, Urban Forum Kazakhstan launched the Cities and People: Kazakhstan and Switzerland educational program. Two Swiss architects conducted a series of events in Almaty and Astana, including public lectures and meetings with students of architectural universities (KazGASA in Almaty and the Eurasian National University named after Gumilyov in Astana).
Architect and researcher Manuel Hertz spoke on the topic of What are buildings talking about? Andreas Ruby, the director of the Swiss Museum of Architecture, gave lectures on Architecture as a Museum Exhibit and Swiss Architecture Does Not Exist". The Embassy of Switzerland was the general partner with support of the Bühler Group.