ART IN ARCHITECTURE - OUTDOOR PROJECTS
CELESTE, (forthcoming realisation: 2024)
* Project in collaboration with Doris Lasch
An open greenhouse in the middle of the public square evolving throughout the years and over the seasons
Location: Public square in the new residential area Jupiter in Reinach, Switzerland
Commissioned by: Commune of Reinach
Partners: Sutter Architekten, Fünfschilling Metallbau and Claudius Lachenmeier Gardening
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SWISS PARLIAMENT, BERN, 2022
Competition for the thympanon of the swiss parliament in Bern
Architect: Hans Wilhelm Auer (1847-1906)
Proposal by Boris Rebetez : Constellation 1848
Invited artists:
Mediengruppe Bitnik, Ariane Epars, Sylvie Fleury, Luca Frei, Renée Levi & Marcel Schmid, Sarah Margnetti,
Boris Rebetez, Ugo Rondinone, Christoph Rütimann, Pascal Schwaighofer,
Shirana Shahbazi, Axelle Stiefel,
Uriel Orlow, Hanna Weinberger.
Winning project: Renée Levi & Marcel Schmid
Link to jury report:
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ECLIPSE, 2022
Location: Binningen, Switzerland
Commissioned by: Fünfschilling Metallbau
Raw steel, 360 x ø 600 cm
© photo credit: Gaby Schmidhauser
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LEICHTER ALS LUFT, 2016
* Project in collaboration with Sylvain Baumann
Six models of flying objects suspended from the ceilings inside the school. Each object representing
the six years of the primary school and six different way of flying: technically, physically and mentally
Location: New primary school in Allschwil, Switzerland
Commissioned by: Commune of Allschwil
Architect: BUR Architekten Zürich
Partner: Josefine Rebetez, Kunstbetrieb AG Münchenstein
Material: Acrystal®, fiberglass, steel.
First motorized Aeroplane Eole III from Clement Ader, 1894 - 1897
130 x 270 x 115 cm
Cumulus mediocris
120 x 200 x 280 cm
First hot-air balloon Mongolfier, 1783
180 x diam. 115 cm
Graf zeppelin, 1928
diam. 36 x 300 cm
First functional parachute, 1797
40 x diam. 220 cm
Flying carpet, tale first appearance, aprox. 1st century B.C.
25 x 380 x 230 cm
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RETTUNGSTREPPE, 2013
Silhouette of an emergency staircase
Location: New emergency center, Bern
Commissioned by: canton of Bern
Architect: Mueller & Truniger Architekten Zürich
Partner: Kunstbetrieb AG Münchenstein
Material: Galvanized steel, 950 x 240 x 1.5 cm
© photo credits: Dominique Marc Wehrli
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OSCAR COMME CHEZ SOI, 2012
Drawing inspired by Oscar Niemeyer's staircase on a sliding door
Location: Privat house, Riehen Switzerland
Commisioned by: Schmidt Vecsey Architekten Basel
Material: Acrylic and pigment on wood, 310 x 630 cm (variable)
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ONZE CHAISES, 1994 - 2000
* Installation removed following controversy and change of chairman
Corporate playground at the entry of the office
Location: Entrance of the firm's personnel, Ciba Geigy, Basel
Architect: Burckhardt & Partner, Basel
Commissioned by: Ciba Geigy, Basel
Partner: Florian Harling
Material: 11 garden chairs, painted and anchored to the floor. Surface ~15 x 8 meter