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Giona Bierens de Haan architectures is a multi-disciplinary office working on spatial issues. The Geneva-based office has been active since 2018 and carries out architecture, ephemeral infrastructure, scenography, design and exhibition projects. Giona Bierens de Haan has collaborated with Visions du Réel, Les Rencontres d’Arles, Belluard Bollwerk, Genève-Genève, Images Vevey, Downtown Studios… His work has been exhibited in Switzerland and internationally.

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DARK SKIES

2025

COMMUNITY ECHO

2025

CEIBA SERIES

2025

CE QUI NOUS ÉCHAPPE

2024

MAYBE HOUSE

2024

HYPHEN

2024

PERFECT DAY

2024

RUINES

2023

FILM NOIR

2023

GRAZIELLA

2022

LA FORTUNÉE

2021

SPACE ODDITY

2020

DYLAN

2020

IN RAINBOWS

2019

FORUM

2019

THE CARAMBAR

2018

HOUSE MURIST

2018

LE TABOURET

2017

EL EXTRAORDINARIO CINE ARGENTINO

2017

THE JUNGLE SHOW!

2016

LES MARCHES

2016

MODERN NATURE I

2015

DARK SKIES

2025

Location: Vilvoorde (BE)

Date: 2025

About: Sound experience, sonic pavilion

Client: Horst Arts & Music

Team: with Leopold Banchini, in collaboration with DJ and producer DVS1

Images: Jeroen Verrecht

COMMUNITY ECHO

2025

Location: Zürich (CH)

Date: 2025

About: Artistic intervention in a public space

Client: Kunstsammlung Kanton Zürich

Team: with Laurent Güdel, Michal Schorro, Raphael Raccuia

Images: Michal Schorro

CEIBA SERIES

2025

Date: 2025

About: Furniture collection / exhibition

Furniture design: Giona Bierens de Haan

Woodwork: Atelier Longoni

Ceramic pieces: Angeles Rodriguez

Images: Dylan Perrenoud

For purchases and inquiries —> info@gionabierensdehaan.ch

CE QUI NOUS ÉCHAPPE

2024

Location: La Chaux-de-Fonds(CH)

Art Center: Quartier Général (QG)

Date: 2024

About: Exhibition

Images: Giona Bierens de Haan

MAYBE HOUSE

2024

Location: Le Mont-sur-Lausanne (CH)

Date: 2024

About: Transformation of a house

Client: Private

Credits: Sven Högger

HYPHEN

2024

Location: Geneva (CH)

Date: 2024

About: Temporary pavilion

Client: Faites Genève

Team: with Leopold Banchini

Credits: Dylan Perrenoud

Link: www.geneve-geneve.ch

PERFECT DAY

2024

Location: Zinal (CH)

Date: 2024

About: Renovation of an alpine house from the 60s

Client: Private

Credits: Dylan Perrenoud

Textile: Lundi Piscine

RUINES

2023

Location: Théâtre du Grütli, Geneva (CH)

Date: 2023

About: Scenography for the play “S’enraciner dans les ruines”

Direction: Dorothée Thébert & Filippo Filliger

Playing: Filippo Filliger, Olga Kokcharova, Ursina Ramondetto, Grégory Stauffer, Claude Thébert, Dorothée Thébert

Sound installation: Olga Kokcharova

Lights: Hugo Cahn

Images: Dylan Perrenoud

FILM NOIR

2023

Location: Geneva (CH)

Date: 2023

About: Film post-production studios

Client: Downtown Studios

Team: with Leopold Banchini

Credits: Dylan Perrenoud

GRAZIELLA

2022

Location: Boudry (CH)

Date: 2022

About: Housing, renovation and optimization

Client: Private

Credits: Dylan Perrenoud

LA FORTUNÉE

2021

Location: Fribourg (CH)

Date: 2021

About: Concept and scenography for nomadic festival.

Client: Festival Belluard Bollwerk International

Credits: Dylan Perrenoud

Ref. image: Candi – Akasha Rabut – 2014

SPACE ODDITY

2020

Location: Paris (FR)

Date: 2020

About: Competition for the transformation and the renovation of the “Centre Culturel Suisse” in Paris.

Client: Confédération Suisse (OFCL), Pro Helvetia

Team: with NOMOS, Terrell, Venathec, BMF

Credits: ArtefactoyLab

DYLAN

2020

Location: Geneva (CH)

Date: 2020

About: Transformation of a kitchen

Client: Private

Credits: Dylan Perrenoud

IN RAINBOWS

2019

Location: Geneva (CH)

Date: 2019

About: Multi-purpouse structure for a three days music event.

Client: Ville de Genève

Credits: Nicolas Haeni

Team: with Collectif Galta

Links: www.ville-ge.ch/fetedelamusique

FORUM

2019

Location: Nyon (CH)

Date: 2019

About: Multi-purpose space for ephemeral use. Dismountable pavillion

Client: Visions du Réel, International Film Festival

Credits: Greg Clément

Links: www.visionsdureel.ch

THE CARAMBAR

2018

Location: Vevey (CH)

Date: 2018

About: Bar for an open-air art festival

Client: Vevey Images

Credits: Julien Gremaud, Mathila Olmi, Diana Martin

Links: www.images.ch

HOUSE MURIST

2018

Location: Murist, Fribourg (CH)

Date: 2018

About: House extension

Client: Private

Credits: Dylan Perrenoud

Team: Laurent Chassot, Simon Pillet, (Le Repaire Fantastique)

LE TABOURET

2017

Location: Geneva (CH)

Date: 2017

About: Interior design and indoor infrastructure for a wine and tapas bar.

Client: Private

Credits: Dylan Perrenoud

Team: Youri Kravtchenko

Links: www.tabouret-bar.ch

EL EXTRAORDINARIO CINE ARGENTINO

2017

Location: Cafayate (ARG)

Date: 2017

About: Conception and realization of an open air Cinema.

Credits: Luján Montes, Melissa Aller

Team: Ariel Curtelin, Florencia Rovlich

Links: www.vimeo.com/239839275

THE JUNGLE SHOW!

2016

Location: Les Rencontres d’Arles (FR)

Date: 2016

About: Scenography of Yann Gross’s new work

Client: Yann Gross

Credits: Yann Gross

Team: Laurent Chassot & Simon Pillet, (Le Repaire Fantastique)

Links: www.yanngross.com

LES MARCHES

2016

Location: Lausanne (CH)

Date: 2016

About: Public infrastructure for a music and performance festival.

Client: Festival de la Cité

Credits: Dylan Perrenoud

Team: Laurent Chassot, Simon Pillet, (Le Repaire Fantastique), Daniel Zamarbide & Léopold Banchini

Links: www.festivalcite.ch

MODERN NATURE I

2015

Location: Art Genève, Geneva (CH)

Date: 2015

About: Installation for an art fair

Client: Maison de l’Architeture de Genève

Credits: Yann Gross

Team: Laurent Chassot, Simon Pillet