All students at the Blatten upper-secondary school are asked to name one of their heroes. These names are then painted on the wall of the atrium in the new wing of the school: in doing so, every generation leaves its own mark and, over the years, a document of time passing emerges.

• Address:

  Blattengasse 40, Männedorf

• New build and renovation:

  2004/05; competition, first place

• Architecture:

  Giuliani Hönger Architekten, Zurich

• Commissioned by:

  Männedorf school system

• Project team:

  Natalie Bringolf, Kristin Irion, Megi Zumstein

• Photography:

  Walter Mair, Zurich; bivgrafik (photos 1, 2)