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Dispatches from tomorrow.

Twelve pieces exploring what Switzerland could become — filter by theme, horizon or era.

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Climate

Water, still — hydropower reimagined for a post-carbon grid.

The country's oldest battery, upgraded.

Yannick Dubois

21 Sep 2026 · 8 min

Horizon 2040

Water, still — hydropower reimagined for a post-carbon grid.

Design

The timber tower of Basel.

A ninety-metre residential building, entirely in wood.

Marco Guidotti

01 Aug 2026 · 6 min

Horizon Now

Design

The soft monument: rethinking the Swiss house.

Timber, shade and shared courtyards in a warmer climate.

Marco Guidotti

14 Sep 2026 · 8 min

Horizon 2035

The soft monument: rethinking the Swiss house.

Mobility

Silent cars, loud streets.

What a fully electric fleet does to a Swiss city's soundscape.

Chiara Bianchi

24 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Horizon Now

Society

Readable democracy.

Every federal vote, machine-readable and machine-audited.

Rafael Ott

15 Aug 2026 · 5 min

Horizon Now

Technology

Zürich's quiet AI: models trained on trust, not scale.

Inside the federal labs building auditable intelligence.

Nikolaus Meier

12 Oct 2026 · 7 min

Horizon 2030

Zürich's quiet AI: models trained on trust, not scale.

Culture

Post-mass tourism: what the Alps do next.

From ski weeks to twelve-month valleys.

Sophie Kern

08 Aug 2026 · 7 min

Horizon 2035

Post-mass tourism: what the Alps do next.

Cities

A pedestrian Zürich, quietly.

How the city removed cars without a slogan.

Léa Roulin

04 Oct 2026 · 6 min

Horizon Now

Society

Inside a Swiss quantum lab.

How a small country builds instruments that measure the future.

Dr. Elena Vasseur

07 Sep 2026 · 6 min

Horizon 2040

Mobility

Between the passes: autonomous logistics across the Alps.

The Gotthard becomes a moving conveyor belt.

Chiara Bianchi

28 Sep 2026 · 5 min

Horizon 2035

Between the passes: autonomous logistics across the Alps.

Cities

The fifteen-minute canton.

Can rural Switzerland adopt the fifteen-minute city?

Prof. Anaïs Berger

30 Aug 2026 · 5 min

Horizon 2030

Climate

Alpine solar: a quiet revolution above the treeline.

Panels installed at 2,500 metres produce more, longer.

Johan Reichlin

22 Aug 2026 · 6 min

Horizon 2035

Alpine solar: a quiet revolution above the treeline.