HOCKER PAPILLON

Freely movable seating is a rare sight in public outdoor spaces. While authorities often opt for fixed benches out of concern for theft or disorder, users appreciate the flexibility and sense of freedom that mobile chairs provide.

The Papillon Stool, with its crossed legs, is a free and flexible seating solution for a wide variety of environments: whether in the outdoor areas of large museums, in public parks, on university campuses, in corporate foyers, open-air cinemas, at concerts, sporting events, or festivals. At the same time, the stool becomes a site-specific design element. Made from regional woods, each piece carries the character of its origin and embodies a strong local identity.

For the exhibition, ten examples were produced in a collaboration between Vogt Landschaftsarchitekten AG and the Zurich-based company LUHA.WOOD, crafted from Swiss Douglas fir. Two identical halves can be effortlessly joined together with a single movement and without the need for tools. The project combines design with local craftsmanship and promotes a circular forestry practice.

LUHA.WOOD plants a new tree for every tree used. The replanted trees are not necessarily of the same species as those used. Instead, the responsible forester selects the tree species specifically according to local conditions – so that the young trees find the best possible conditions at the site. New oak trees were planted in Stetten (AG) for the exhibition stools.

SANDSTEIN 2.0

Studio Eidola investigates the cultural, historical, and industrial contexts of sand, gravel and stone extraction. In their research projects, Denizay Apusoglu and Jonas Kissling examine the material cycles of locally extracted minerals from the technical and design point of view. Their emphasis is on by-products and overlooked substances derived from the sand, gravel, and stone industries. Residues from sand processing or stone sludge from cutting processes, which until now have been discarded as unused material, have huge potential as alternative building materials – in terms of design, construction, economics and sustainability.

In the exhibition, the material «Ocean Articulated», developed by Studio Eidola, is presented in the form of weight plates. The hand-formed elements are made from fine sand filtered out as a by-product of gravel production at a gravel plant in Solenberg, SH, combined with salt and a plant-based binder.

SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We would like to express our sincere thanks to:

• Vogt Landschaftsarchitekten AG, in particular Thomas Kissling and Jonas Kissling, for their outstanding cooperation and support.