Mit 100 auf dem Schneckenweg

The Swiss sociologist Lucius Burckhardt was born in Davos in 1925. The automobile began to conquer the world, but not yet the climatic health resort in the mountains. Since 1900, there has been a general "car ban" in Graubünden. Burckhardt was born between two referendums. In January 1925, it was still "no" to the car, then "yes" in June. The private car has been registered in Graubünden for 100 years. Burckhardt has constantly dealt with the effects of the automobile on our living environment. In the 1980s, he developed "walking science", also known as "promenadology", with his wife Annemarie Burckhardt-Wackernagel, his students of landscape planning and invited artists in Kassel. The science of walking questions our perception of the environment in a pedestrian-experimental way. "100 Years of Lucius and Annemarie Burckhardt" and "100 Years of the Automobile in Graubünden" are the occasion for an experiment in Davos by the walking scientist Christian Ratti and the walking artist Marie-Anne Lerjen: Can the (busy) promenade in Davos be explored "promenadologically"? Included in the experiment: a tiny snail from the collection that Burckhardt created in Davos in his youth. Come to the Davos Promenade two days before World Car-Free Day and join the walk.

friday, 19 september, 2025
Rededication of car parking spaces along the Davos promenade on the occasion of the international PARK(ing) Day

Saturday, 20 September 2025, 12–4 pm
Promenade inspection of the Davos Promenade
Meeting point: 12 noon at Davos-Platz train station
End: Davos-Dorf station
Bring a picnic

A project by the walking artist Marie-Anne Lerjen and the walking scientist Christian Ratti in cooperation with the Forum Bau + Kultur Davos

With the support of AUTO FREI AG, the Lucius and Annemarie Burckhardt Foundation, the Municipality of Davos and SWISSLOS/Cultural Promotion, Canton of Graubünden.