CELESTE, (forthcoming realisation: 2025-26)
* Project in collaboration with Doris Lasch
An open greenhouse in the middle of the public square evolving throughout the years and over the seasons
In the neighbourhood courtyard between Jupiterstrasse and Sternenweg in Reinach, a topography inscribes itself
into the context. A two-part architecture made of steel is located at the southern end of the perimeter. One side of
the architecture is surrounded by an island of vegetation. The architectural structure is made up of partly hexagonal,
geometric shapes. It suggests a dome-like building consisting of two fragmented parts. The structure is reminiscent
of a pavilion or the remains of a glass house. It is a romantic, utopian place that combines nature and architecture,
as well as the present, past and future. Despite its utopian nature, this installation plays a social role by offering va-
rious meeting places in the form of modular benches scattered around the park.
In the plant part of the greenhouse, different temporal levels intersect within the micro-landscape. The 'picture' pre-
sented also changes with the changing seasons and the passing of the years. The protagonist of the vegetation will
be a downy oak, which is a deliberately slow and unconventional growing tree.
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
A play with the geometry of the circle and its transformation in space and time through the movement of the viewer.
Location: Binningen, Switzerland
Commissioned by: Fünfschilling Metallbau, Allschwil
Raw steel, 360 x ø 600 cm
© photo credit: Gaby Schmidhauser
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LEICHTER ALS LUFT, 2016
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
Six large models of flying objects hang in the corridors of the new primary school in Allschwil. The six models relate
to the six years that pupils spend at the school during their education and represent six different ways of flying or
hovering: on the one hand, through technology, such as the first motorised aircraft Eole, invented by Ferdinand Adler
in 1894, the first hot air balloon Montgolfière, developed by the Montgolfier brothers in 1783, or on the other hand,
naturally "flying" or hovering like a cloud (cumulonimbus) and finally, flying through the imagination as in the myth
of the flying carpet. Each model is accompanied by a didactic board with a explanatory text and an illustration.
In this project, the children are invited to think about and consider the different ways of flying and escaping gravity:
through technology, imagination or by observing certain natural phenomena.
Location: New primary school in Allschwil, Switzerland
Commissioned by: Commune of Allschwil
Architect: BUR Architekten Zürich
Partner: Sylvain Baumann, Josefine Rebetez, Kunstbetrieb AG Münchenstein, Arni Siebdruck, Basel
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
A spiral staircase leads from the terrace of the cantonal emergency centre to the roof. However, the metal staircase
is cut out of a steel plate and its supposedly three-dimensional character is actually a trompe-l'oeil effect, a 'picture'.
Like a sign, the fire escape here represents the primary functionality of the building and takes up an architectural
element that becomes a widely visible and identifiable ornament, while retaining its narrative character.
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 (GREEN, YELLOW, RED), 2012
Three open structures providing places to sit and watch
Location: Sculpture park Garangula, Australia
Commissioned by: Sculpture park Garangula, Australia
Partner: Winter Art Solutions, 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 on a sliding wall inspired by the staircase built by Oscar Niemeyer inside the Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia.
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: Firm Ciba Geigy, Basel, entrance of the firm's personnel.
Architect: Burckhardt & Partner, Basel
Commissioned by: Ciba Geigy, Basel
Monitoring: Schule für Gestaltung, Basel
Partner: Florian Harling
Material: 11 garden chairs, painted and anchored to the floor. Installation surface ~15 x 8 meter
