Exactly 25 years after Expo.02, a new Swiss national exposition will take place in 2027 – and this time at the Dübendorf airfield. At least, this is the idea being floated by the new association X-27 Rendez-vous der Schweiz.

According to a statement from X-27, the ‘X’ stands for “a place, a time and thousands of encounters”. It is meant to symbolise the Swiss cross “as a starting point for the interplay of society”. The exposition should focus on people and their relationship to the real and digital environment. As “playfields”, the initiators envisage thematic pavilions and open arenas.

As the X-27 association explains, the Dübendorf airfield – “which by definition as a federal property belongs to all residents of Switzerland” – is perfectly suited for the event. At the same time, the exposition would be a good interim use of this valuable area, which is currently in the midst of being developed into an innovation park.

The initiators are allowing for a budget of CHF 800 million to hold the 2027 national exposition in Dübendorf, half of the costs of Expo.02. The X-27 project should be a federal project with the participation of cantons and the private sector, according to the association. Until this is decided, the group of initiators will commit to the project by turning to crowd financing to finance it themselves.

Association president Peter Sauter was involved in Expo.02, as were his co-initiators: architect and set designer Sergio Cavero, who headed the exhibition Arteplage Yverdon-les-Bains, and the media specialists Marina Villa, who was the former press officer of Expo.02....

Exactly 25 years after Expo.02, a new Swiss national exposition will take place in 2027 – and this time at the Dübendorf airfield. At least, this is the idea being floated by the new association X-27 Rendez-vous der Schweiz.

According to a statement from X-27, the ‘X’ stands for “a place, a time and thousands of encounters”. It is meant to symbolise the Swiss cross “as a starting point for the interplay of society”. The exposition should focus on people and their relationship to the real and digital environment. As “playfields”, the initiators envisage thematic pavilions and open arenas.

As the X-27 association explains, the Dübendorf airfield – “which by definition as a federal property belongs to all residents of Switzerland” – is perfectly suited for the event. At the same time, the exposition would be a good interim use of this valuable area, which is currently in the midst of being developed into an innovation park.

The initiators are allowing for a budget of CHF 800 million to hold the 2027 national exposition in Dübendorf, half of the costs of Expo.02. The X-27 project should be a federal project with the participation of cantons and the private sector, according to the association. Until this is decided, the group of initiators will commit to the project by turning to crowd financing to finance it themselves.

Association president Peter Sauter was involved in Expo.02, as were his co-initiators: architect and set designer Sergio Cavero, who headed the exhibition Arteplage Yverdon-les-Bains, and the media specialists Marina Villa, who was the former press officer of Expo.02.