ART IN ARCHITECTURE - OUTDOOR PROJECTS



CELESTE, (forthcoming realisation: 2023 - 24)

* 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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ECLIPSE, 2022

Location: Binningen, Switzerland
Commissioned by: Fünfschilling Metallbau
Raw steel, 360 x ø 600 cm












© photo credit: Gaby Schmidhauser




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SENTENCE Nr. 12, 2021

Location: Lake of Lucerne, Switzerland
Partners: von Bartha Basel, Fünfschilling Metallbau, Binningen
Steel, Lack, 250 x 335 x 90 cm







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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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PAVILLONS, 2012

Three open structures providing places to sit and watch

Location: Sculpture park Garangula, Australia
Partner: Winter Art Solutions and Fuenfschilling Metallbau AG, Binningen
Material: Powder coated steel: 600 x 980 x 800 cm / 540 x 1130 x 200 cm / 700 x 785 x 245 cm










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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