Studio Céline Baumann

Studio Céline Baumann GmbH
Bäumleingasse 9, 4051 Basel, Switzerland
studio@studiocelinebaumann.com

Studio

ENG    SCB operates in the field of landscape architecture and couples professional activities with academic and research projects. We aim through an intersectional lens to create dynamic open spaces informed by the interactive ecology between people and nature. The combination of both practical and theoretical experience allows us to explore the collective value of nature and its impact on individuals.

DE    SCB ist in den Bereichen Landschaftsarchitektur, Urbanismus und Ausstellungswesen tätig. Unser Ziel ist lebendige Freiräume zu schaffen, die von einer wechselseitigen Ökologie von Mensch und Natur geprägt sind. Diese Tätigkeit wird durch unser Forschungsinteresse erweitert, das uns erlaubt, den kollektiven Wert der Natur und ihre Auswirkungen auf den Einzelnen zu erforschen.

FR    SCB est actif dans les champs du paysagisme, de l’urbanisme et des expositions. Notre travail dans de multiples contextes reflète notre intérêt pour les environnements interculturels et les échanges internationaux. Nos projets visent à la création d’espaces ouverts dynamiques et vivants, s’appuyant sur l’écologie itérative entre l’être humain et son environnement.

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Céline Baumann

Céline Baumann (1984) is a French landscape architect. She graduated with distinctions from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure du Paysage in Versailles in 2010 and gained experience working for offices including Inside/Outside Petra Blaisse in Amsterdam and Topotek 1 as well as atelier le balto in Berlin. Prior to to establish her eponymous studio in Basel in 2021, Céline was awarded a fellowship by Akademie Schloss Solitude in 2020 and was selected as emerging talent by the Future Architecture platform in 2019. She is currently guest lecturer at the ETH in Zürich where she teaches a visiting studio of landscape architecture. She was previously visiting professor at the EPF Lausanne (2022-23) and at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (2021-22).

Team

Juan Brunetti (1988), architect & landscape-architect / Diogo Faria (1996), architect / Teresa Pontini (1990), freelance architect

Careers

We are always interested to meet talented professionals who can strengthen our team. If you wish to be considered for any future positions, please send your resume, portfolio and cover letter (max 10 MB) to: work@studiocelinebaumann.com. The position that you are applying for should be clearly stated. If you apply for an internship, please indicate duration and preferred starting date.

BOOKS

  • Flowers of Evil, edited by Céline Baumann, Milano: Triennale Milano, 2023.

CHAPTERS OF EDITED BOOKS

  • Baumann, Céline. “Human habitats need to accommodate other living beings” Interview by Viviane Stappmanns. In Garden Futures, edited by Viviane Stappmanns, Marten Kuijpers and Maria Heinrich, 180 – 185, Weil-am-Rhein: Vitra Design Museum, 2023. ISBN 978-3-945852-53-8
  • Baumann, Céline, “Let not bygones go by” In Roadside Picnics: Encounters with the uncanny, edited by Víctor Muñoz Sanz and Alkistis Thomidou, 48 – 59, Barcelona : dpr, 2022. ISBN 978-84-124942-2-8

ESSAYS IN JOURNALS

  • Baumann, Céline. “Queer nature: lessons for the public realm” The Architectural Review – Plants, no.1502 (June 2023): 110 – 114.
  • Baumann, Céline. “Plant Pleasures and Intimacies” interview by Natania Meeker and Antónia Szabari. L’Esprit Créateur – Libertine Botany 62, no. 4 (Winter 2022): 150 – 159.
  • Baumann, Céline. “Ce que nous dit l’intimité du kiwi et du crocus” Mille Cosmos – Ecologies déviantes no.1 (2022): 52 – 59.
  • Baumann, Céline. “Mehr Natur im Städtebau” Anthos – Radikal no.2 (2022): 83.
  • Baumann, Céline and Baraona Pohl, Ethel. “The Parliament of Plants and other Cautionary Tales, Where Stories Make Worlds and Worlds Make Stories” Solitude Journal, no. 1 (2020): 72-81.
  • Baumann, Céline. “Queer Nature? A post-anthropocene view on plants and people” archithese – queer no.2 (2020): 80 – 83.
  • Jovanović, Vesna and Baumann, Céline. “The versatile monument: Parc de la Villette as a managed reality” Journal of Landscape Architecture 10 no.3 (2015): 78-89. (peer reviewed)

NATIONAL PRESS COVERAGE

  • Ströbele, Marrit. “Vernetztes Denken betrachten” Hochparterre, June 2024.
  • Züger, Rolan. “Auf Augenhöhe mit dem Regenwurm” werk, bauen + wohnen, Zürich, June 2024.
  • Hegelbach, Stephanie. “Gedanken säen.” Hochparterre, Zürich, December 2020.
  • Zabalbeascoa, Anatxu. “Las ciudades del futuro las piensan los artistas.” El País, Madrid, February 25, 2020.
  • Kafka, George. “London Exhibition interrogates the “Radical” in Radical Architecture. ” Metropolis, London, September 27, 2019.
  • Jedwab, Lucien. “A la Cité internationale universitaire, le patrimoine est aussi végétal. ” Le Monde, Paris, September 14, 2018.

TEACHING

  • Guest lecturer, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, 2023–current
  • Visiting professor, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 2022–23
  • Visiting professor, Wüstenrot Stiftung, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 2021–22
  • Workshop tutor, Hyperwerk, HGK, Basel, 2022
  • Workshop tutor, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, online, 2021
  • Workshop tutor, depatriarchise design, Basel, 2020
  • Workshop tutor, Polis University, Tirana, 2019
  • Workshop tutor, Kosovo Architecture Festival, 2019

GUEST CRITICS

  • Prof. Martina Voser, ETHZ, 2024 & 2023
  • Prof. Momoyo Kaijima, ETHZ, 2024
  • Prof. Matthias Kohler, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, ETHZ, 2024
  • Prof. Tom Emerson, ETHZ, 2023
  • Prof. Maria Conen, ETHZ, 2023
  • Prof. Vesna Jovanović, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 2023
  • Prof. Milica Topalović, ETHZ, 2022 & 2019
  • Prof. Serina Tarkhania, Université du Quebec à Montréal, online, 2022
  • Prof. Elli Mosayebi, ETHZ, 2022
  • Prof. Marcel Jäggi, Berner Fachhochschule, 2022
  • Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, online, 2022
  • Prof. Christoph Heinemann, Hafen City, Universität Hamburg, online, 2021
  • Prof. An Fonteyne, ETHZ, 2021
  • Prof. Simon Hartmann, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, online, 2021
  • Prof. Günther Vogt, Summer School, ETHZ, 2020
  • Prof. Peter Althaus, HSLU Luzern, online, 2020

EXHIBITIONS

  • Curation, Ramification, Museum im Bellpark, Kriens, 2024
  • Group show, Garden Futures, Vandalorum Museum of Art and Design, Värnamo, Sweden, 2024
  • Group show, Home Sweet Home, Triennale Milano, 2023
  • Group show, Objets trouvés, Cité de l’architecture & du patrimoine, Paris, 2023
  • Group show, Garden Futures, Vitra Design Museum, Weil-am-Rhein, 2023
  • Group show, Sympoiesis, Arts of practice in the ecological city, Archizoom, EPF Lausanne, 2023
  • Group show, Garden Futures, Museum of Finnish Architecture and Design Museum, Helsinki, 2023
  • Biennial, It matters what worlds world worlds: how to tell stories otherwise, Manifesta 14, Prishtina, Kosovo, 2022
  • Group show, Swiss Art Awards, Messe, Basel, 2021
  • Group show, Parlament der Pflanzen,  Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, 2020
  • Group show, Basel 2050, Swiss Architecture Museum, Basel, 2020
  • Group show, Doce fábulas urbanas, Matadero Madrid, 2020
  • Group show, What is radical today?, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2019
  • Curated garden walk, Oslo Architecture Triennale, 2019
  • Solo show, Queer Nature, VI PER gallery, Prague, 2019

TALKS

  • Lecture, TU Berlin, 2024
  • Lecture, Kingston School of Arts, London, 2024
  • Lecture, TU Dresden, 2024
  • Lecture, Stockholm University, online, 2024
  • Lecture, D-ARCH, ETH Zürich, 2023
  • Keynote lecture, Garden Museum, London, 2023
  • Lecture, Architekturforum Freiburg, 2023
  • Walk, Vitra Design Museum, Weil-am-Rhein, 2023
  • Lecture, Archizoom, EPF Lausanne, 2023
  • Lecture, The Bartlett, London, online, 2023
  • Walk, Swiss Architecture Museum, Basel, 2023
  • Lecture, Universität der Künste, Berlin, online, 2023
  • Lecture, Horizonte, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, online, 2022
  • Panel discussion, University of London in Paris, 2022
  • Faculty talk, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, online 2022
  • Symposium, Archipelago, HEAD, HEPIA, Geneva, 2021
  • Lecture, University of Technology Sydney, online, 2021
  • Lecture, HafenCity Universität Hamburg, online, 2021
  • Panel discussion, Heimatschutz Baselland, Liestal, 2021
  • Symposium, Eco-Visionaries, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2020
  • Panel discussion, Swiss Architecture Museum, Basel, 2020
  • Lecture, Jour fixe, Kunsthaus Baselland, 2020
  • Lecture, Swiss Architecture Museum, Basel, 2020
  • Lecture, FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Basel, online, 2020
  • Podcast, Botanical mind, Camden Art Centre, London, 2020
  • Walk, Oslo Architecture Triennale, Norway, 2019
  • Lecture, National Gallery of Art, Vilnius, 2019
  • Lecture, IFLA Europe, Antalya, 2019
  • Lecture, Kosovo Architecture Festival, 2019
  • Lecture, Museum of Architecture and Design, Ljubljana, 2019
  • Pecha Kucha, Tirana Design Week, 2019
  • Reading, Wildwuchs Festival, Basel, 2019
  • Talk, VI PER gallery, Prague, 2019
  • Talk, Queer up radio, Bern, 2018
  • Talk of the day, Theater Festival Basel, 2018
  • Lecture, TEOK, Basel, 2018

PRIZES AND DISTINCTIONS

  • 1. Prize, Freiraum Rosental Mitte, Basel, with Weyell Zipse, 2024
  • 3. Prize, Luberzern school, Dietikon, with Esch Sintzel Architekten, 2023
  • 2. Prize, Horw housing cooperative, Luzern, with Conen Sigl Architekt:innen, 2023
  • 1. Prize, Walkeweg school, Basel, with Aequipe, 2022
  • 1. Prize, Volta BF 2.3, Basel, with Doscre,  2022
  • Nomination, Swiss Art Awards, Architecture, 2021
  • 4. Prize, Kreuzfeld and Elzmatte Kindergarten, with atelier piresförster, 2021
  • Fellowship, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, 2020
  • 1. Prize, Bachmatt, Windisch, with Salathé Architekten, 2020
  • Honorary mention, “die Besten 2020”, Hochparterre, Zürich, 2020
  • 1. Prize, Settelen, Basel, with Diener & Diener Architekten, 2019
  • Alumna, Future Architecture Platform, 2019
  • Youth award, International Federation of Landscape Architects Europe, 2018
  • 1. Prize, CIUP, Paris, 1. Prize, 2017

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

  • UK Parliamentary Art Collection