Christopher T. Hunziker

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Red Lines in a Landscape, January 2010, Neon, 3 × 25 m
The blue Leutschenlicht winds around the tree pot of the old shooting hill, 2008

Christopher T. Hunziker (born September 3, 1956 in Atlanta , Georgia ) is a Swiss artist. In addition to art in public spaces and art in buildings, his work includes large-scale room and light installations as well as landscape architecture and urban space designs.

Life

Hunziker grew up in the USA , Indonesia , Paris and Switzerland . After attending the sub-seminar in Küsnacht , he studied mathematics, physics and art history at the University of Kansas in 1976/77 and then trained as an architect at the ETH Zurich . He then studied architecture and art with Peter Cook and Peter Kubelka at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main from 1984–1985 . 1986 began his activity as a freelance artist with drawing, etching and painting. He has been teaching since 1986, first as an assistant at the Peter Jenny chair in the architecture department at ETH Zurich. In 1990 Dieter Kienast brought him to the landscape architecture department of the Rapperswil University of Applied Sciences as a lecturer in drawing and architecture , where he also worked as a lecturer in landscape architecture, spatial design and visual communication until 2001. Since 1999 he has been a member of the Winterthur artist group. In 1997 he succeeded Irma Noseda as managing director of Forum Architektur Winterthur. From 2009 to 2013 he teaches at the University of Applied Sciences Zurich HSZ-T, later ZHAW, design and construction as well as urban space design. He has been a member of the City of Winterthur's Art Commission since 2018.

As a result of the international competition wins in Wahlenpark 2001 and Leutschenpark 2002, Hunziker founded the company 'Christopher T. Hunziker GmbH' in Zurich with the aim of realizing projects in building architecture, art in building , art in public space, landscape architecture and urban design. Together with Dipol Landschaftsarchitekten, Basel, he realized the Wahlenpark in Zurich-Oerlikon until 2005 and the Leutschenpark with Dipol Landschaftsarchitekten and Müller Sigrist Architekten in Zurich until 2009, the redesign of Leutschenbachstrasse in Zurich Seebach and the redesign of the Oerlikon market square in 2007.

Hunziker has lived in Birmensdorf Zurich since 2009 and has been married to ETH architect Daniela Ruckli since 1998 and has a daughter and a son with her.

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Determining for Hunziker's work is his technical, technical and intellectual versatility in the design of philosophical-religious and socio-political topics. His goal is art as a socio-political counter-position to the consumer and capitalized concept of art, as represented by the art market. His attitude is particularly evident in his public art, which eludes the market due to its location and public funding. The large-scale, urban light installations Leutschenlicht in Leutschenpark, the blue glass bar in Wahlenpark, "Red Lines in a Landscape" in Winterthur and Bioquant at Heidelberg University attracted international attention. CTH also works as a lecturer in visual communication at the Rapperswil University of Applied Sciences.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • Werkraum Bregenzerwald , Wood Loop , Gewerbemuseum Winterthur , Greutmann Bolzern, Annette Douglas, Gramazio Kohler , Fries & Zumbühl, Beat Zoderer , Bregenzerwald, Andelsbuch, 2014
  • Kunstmuseum Olten , How the shadow meets light, contemporary positions on working with light in art. Curator: Dorothee Messmer, 2012
  • Wood Loop , Gewerbemuseum Winterthur , Atelier DUKTA, work commission together with Greutmann Bolzern, Annette Douglas, Atelier Oi, Gramazio Kohler, Beat Zoderer, City of Winterthur, 2012
  • City of Winterthur, purchase of large sculpture Grosse Chaos Lines , Platz Theater Winterthur, 2012
  • 5. Swiss. Triennial of Sculpture, Bad Ragaz, Chaos Lines, Inshallah , 2012
  • Stadttheater Winterthur, The great Chamber piece, Inshallah - God willing ... ' Art in architecture, 2011
  • 3rd International Light Days Winterthur , Red Lines in a Cityscape , 2010
  • Red Lines in a Landscape , Sculpture Symposium Winterthur, 2009, winter 2010
  • Light , urban light installation on Wintower, formerly Sulzerhochhaus Winterthur, International Light Days Winterthur 2004
  • Scheller underpass , City of Wetzikon , 2002
  • Chapelle , room installation in the outdoor area, under the patronage of the Swiss Embassy, ​​with the support of Pro Helvetia , 1994
  • "Chapelle" film ATVR Productions Paris, world premiere on December 21, 1994 in the Center culturel suisse
  • L 'éspace commençe derrière les sourçille , Center d'Art et d'Essay, Lucernaire (center culturel) Paris, 1994
  • Places of Dispersion II , solo exhibition, three room installations, Kunsthaus Glarus , 1992
  • Places of Dispersion I , Kunsthalle Winterthur , 1990
  • The large room piece in Cham , exhibition Large formats, Forum Junge Kunst, Cham, 1989

Art in architecture and art in public spaces

  • Invited study contract for art in architecture, replacement building Triemli 1, Rotach Zurich building cooperative, 2016
  • Invited study contract for art in public space and space design, 'Bauhausplatz am Domagkpark , Schwabing', City of Munich, with Realgrün Landscape Architects, Munich, 2016
  • Duel, art in building competition, 1st prize, Rennweg Sports Center BBW, Building Department of the Canton of Zurich, architecture: Hopf + Wirth Architects, 2015
  • Masterplan of Winterthur railway station, invited competition, City of Winterthur
  • Big Chaos Lines , art purchase by the City of Winterthur: Theater Winterthur, 2012
  • Aeon , Art in Architecture, 1st Prize Competition, Schulthesspark, Zurich Hottingen, 2009
  • Leutschenlicht , urban space installation, art in public space, Leutschenpark , Seebach, City of Zurich, Westiform AG, Kummler + Matter, Schnetzer Puskas Ing., 2008.
  • Bioquant , Art in Architecture , Competition, 1st Prize, University of Heidelberg, State of Baden-Württemberg, Architecture: Volker Staab , Staab Architects, Berlin, Westiform AG Switzerland, 2007.
  • Study contract for urban design in Gossau (SG) with Beate Eckhardt, 2007
  • Blue glass beams , Wahlenpark , urban space installation, public art, Wahlenpark Zurich, Zurich city, green city of Zurich , Moser Ing. AG, 2005.
  • Study contract Gossau 2020 , with Stephan Mäder and Stefan Kurath , 2003
  • Urban open space Leutschenbach 1st prize international competition for open space design, in collaboration with Dipol LA, Basel and Müller Sigrist, architects, Zurich, 2003
  • Wahlenpark Zurich, 1st prize in the international competition for open space design, in collaboration with Dipol Landschaftsarchitekten, 2002
  • Scheller underpass , city entrance Wetzikon, urban space installation, art in public space, City of Wetzikon, TBF + Partner Ing. AG, Zurich, 2002, Walser Zumbrunn Architects, Winterthur

Awards

  • Friedrich travel grant from the architecture department, ETH Zurich 1983
  • Funding contribution from the Board of Trustees of the Canton of Aargau in 1988
  • Art grant from the Canton of Zurich in 1989
  • Work grant for the fine arts of the Canton of Aargau 1992
  • Cité Internationale des Arts Paris, guest studio of the Canton of Aargau, 1992
  • Carl Heinrich Ernst Art Prize , Winterthur 1998

Publications (selection)

  • Image and image space structures in early Islam: Journey to Andalusia 1986: Travel report: Reflections / essays + illustrations: The image of Islam, us and modernity, Andalusia and early Islam, location: ETH Zurich, building library, signature: A (x I) 207
  • Christopher T. Hunziker: Places of dispersion - the indifference of locations; Kunsthalle Winterthur, 1990
  • Places of Dispersion II, video catalog, Kunsthaus Glarus , 2001. Foreword: Prof. Peter Jenny.
  • Documents on modern Swiss architecture, Hans Leuzinger , Annette Schindler, gta Verlag ETHZ, ISBN 3-85676-051-2
  • Drawings, reports of the St. Gallische Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft Volume 88. 'Moore', ISBN 3-9520833-4-8
  • Tailor-made, main fire department building in Winterthur, Werk, Bauen + Wohnen, Patrick Hönig, No. 04, 2001
  • ARArium, a place to think about water, RE-Source Award Entry, City of Wetzikon / Switzerland, 2002
  • Concepts for the City, Center Zurich North, Wahlenpark , Topos No. 38, 2002
  • Teamwork as a strategy, Radio DRS II, reflexes, interview with Karin Salm, 2002
  • Art in architecture, old age center Neumarkt, Peter Stutz buildings and projects, monographs of Swiss architects, Niggli Verlag, ISBN 3-7212-0484-0
  • Urban landscape architecture in Zurich, Garden + Landscape No. 11, November 2004
  • Art in public space in Winterthur, Art Guide of the City of Winterthur, 2004, ISBN 3-9522599-2-6
  • Blue glass bar, Dimension, magazine of Holcim Schweiz AG, June 2005 No. 1
  • Architecture Guide Zurich 1990–2005: Blauer Sitzbalken and Wahlenpark, Oerlikon; Leutschenlicht and Leutschenpark, Zurich Seebach, Verlag Hochparterre, 2004, ISBN 3-909928-02-1
  • How to build a city: Neu-Oerlikon, to the Wahlenpark, landscape architecture and art in public space, special supplement Hochparterre No. 6/7, 2005
  • Zurich - a companion to new landscape architecture. Claudia Moll, Munich: Callwey Verlag, 2006, ISBN 978-3-7667-1680-4
  • Bioquant, Heidelberg University, Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Finance, 2007
  • Specific landscape architecture in Switzerland, Wahlenpark Zurich, blue glass beams, 2007, Architekturforum Zurich
  • Innovation through interdisciplinary cooperation, case study: Bioquant light installation, Innovation Management, No. 2, 2007
  • Between the disciplines, exhibition, SIA Section Zurich, 2007
  • Landscape and Art, Anthos No. 01/09, BSLA Bund Schweizer Landschaftsarchitekten, ISBN 978-3-905656-44-2 , ISSN  0003-5424
  • Light art - installations by Christopher T. Hunziker, Verlag Hochparterre, special edition, supplement no. 8/2009
  • Bioquant, University of Heidelberg , (Ed.) Ministry of Finance Baden-Württemberg, 2007
  • Lumiére, AMC, Le Moniteur Architecture, Hors Serie, France, 189 ISBN 978-2-281-19428-9
  • Actualité-Parc a Zurich, AMC, Le Moniteur Architecture, No. 189, France, ISSN  0998-4194
  • Art on campus - art on the building of Heidelberg University after 1945, Christmut Präger, (Ed.) Athenaeum, Foundation for Culture and Science, Academic Publishing Society Heidelberg, 2011, ISBN 978-3-89838-658-6
  • 5th Swiss Triennial of Sculpture in Bad Ragaz and Vaduz, exhibition catalog, 2012
  • Meeting the growth - Office for Urban Development Winterthur 2007 to 2012, CTH in conversation with the city architect Michael Hauser, (Ed.) Office for Urban Development Winterthur, 2012
  • Wood Loop - bend and break, Gewerbemuseum Winterthur , exhibition catalog, Verlag Hochparterre , 2012
  • Spatial perspective, color, conceptual drawing and design, studies of landscape architecture, HSR University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil, Dedalo Verlag 2014, ISBN 978-3-9524558-0-7

Picture gallery

  • On the occasion of the International Light Days Winterthur 2004, the Wintower, formerly the Sulzer skyscraper, will be transformed into a surprising urban light installation “LICHT” as a shining crown over the city.

  • "L'Etat c'est Nous!" Neon writing, project submission for art in building competition, Stadthaus Zurich, (photo negative with copied font) (2007)

  • The light installation “ bi0quant” reflects the double meaning that the sign zero has for the systems biology institute Bioquant. The zero as the origin of modern mathematics and the oval or egg as the origin of biology and life itself.

  • The blue glass beam: the interior of the 160 meter long, three meter wide and high seat beam made of 7000 blue glass blocks.

  • The room installation 'Places of Dispersion I' was conceived and executed in 1990 for the Kunsthalle Winterthur. In 1992 the 25-meter-long and 3.5-meter-high fresco-like painting for the twin oblong halls of the Kunsthaus Glarus was supplemented with a white version.

  • The Grosse Chamer Raumstück was created in nine days as a direct, large-format painting on site. The geometrically abysmal image represents curved space and can be understood as a worldview. Pictured: CTH in front of the factory

  • Chapelle éphemère, Formation as Architecture, Painting as Architecture. Art installation in the outside space, a walk-in picture space, 6 m × 6 m × 6 m, six canvases, double-covered, acrylic on canvas attached to the building.
    Patronage of the Swiss Embassy, ​​with the support of Pro Helvetia, Cloître des Billettes, Marais, Paris, 1994

  • “Cooperatives show the world that it is possible to pursue both economic efficiency and social responsibility”, quote from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, 2012 with the sculpture of the house porter Avatar, 3.5 high made of steel

Web links

Commons : Christopher T. Hunziker  - Collection of images, videos and audio files


personal data
SURNAME Hunziker, Christopher T.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss artist
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd September 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Atlanta , Georgia