Soft Screens

Soft Screens are woven, three-dimesional, screen-like objects that are floating through the building of BBZ in Zurich designed by Gunz Künzle architects. Ranging from 6 m x 3 m to smaller objects, there are five Soft Screens placed throughout the building. Attached to the ceiling and sometimes softening the corners, they offer soft references and body relations in space.

I was lucky to win the art & architecture competition held by the art collection of canton of Zurich and the building department of canton of Zurich and the project will be inaugurated in autumn 2025 together with a film by Alan Sahin supported by Museum für Gestaltung (Sophie Grossmann) and the art collection of the canton of Zurich (Caroline Morand)

Photos: Alexander Schlosser

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Soft Screen 2, 2025

permanent installation, BBZ, Canton of Zurich.
4.31 m x 2.65 m
Monosuisse-Monofil, polyester, Trevira CS, steel rods.

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Soft Screen 1, 2025

permanent installation, BBZ, Canton of Zurich.
5.90 m x 3.20 m
Monosuisse-Monofil, polyester, Trevira CS, steel rods.

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Soft Screen 3, 2025

permanent installation, BBZ, Canton of Zurich.
3.45 m x 1.60 m
Monosuisse-Monofil, polyester, Trevira CS, steel rods.

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Soft Screen 4 and 5, 2025

permanent installation, BBZ, Canton of Zurich.
3.45 m x 1.60 m
Monosuisse-Monofil, polyester, Trevira CS, steel rods.

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© Marie Schumann