Shop design. Six conical chunks called bolides are rearranged every day to catch the eye of people
passing by. The bolides serve as pedestals and display areas for small objects and foulards. The
sales counter is a mighty treasure chest that presents its precious contents on swivel trays and
shallow drawers. A large illuminated wall surface creates a striking back light at night.
Matrix Shop,
Fabia Zindel: St.Johanns-Vorstadt 38, 4056 Basel
Carpentry work: Felix Fluri, Basel
Metal construction: Kornel Vogt, Basel
Lighting: Christian Deuber, Lucerne
Utility object with high aesthetic standards. Wooden slats are positioned and supported by two
floating stainless steel rods. The shape of the screen was developed in several on-site tests, so as
to create as much privacy as desired.
Timber supplied by: Paus Sauter AG, Münchenstein
Metal construction: Kornel Vogt, Basel
dock: currently comprises 250 documentations of artists from the Basel area and thus offers a
well-founded overview of the region’s art production. We were looking for a characteristic piece of
furniture that could be transported and set up in public locations with a lot of visitors, such as
the foyer of the Kunstmuseum Basel or ART Basel. -> www.dock-basel.ch
Semantics:
Containers and the goods they carry come from all over the world, and they are headed for all kinds
of destinations – just like artists’ careers. By opening the containers right at the transfer site,
curious passers-by are allowed a glimpse of what’s inside. The scaffolding signals reconstruction.
It tells us that something is going on here. It’s the opposite of dust and decay.
Execution:
It is one of my skills to find entrepreneurs willing to search for innovative and unconventional
solutions at a fair price. I was able to convince MAB Amsler, a specialist in facade construction,
to manufacture the infill work on the containers. The metal construction was carried out by Kornel
Vogt Metallbau from Basel.
dock: is supported by:
Christoph Merian Foundation / Department of Culture Basel-Stadt / kulturelles.bl / GGG / Ernst
Göhner Foundation Zug / Lotteriefonds Basel-Stadt / Jacqueline Spengler Foundation / Siemens
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Characteristic mobile furniture for the documentation centre for Basel artists, today called "dock".
It later evolved into Container DS.
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Design: 2006
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