Meili brothers

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The brothers Martin Meili (doctor, * 1952), Marcel Meili , (architect, co-owner of the office Meili, Peter & Partner AG , * 1953; † March 18, 2019), and Daniel Meili (psychiatrist, * 1956) founded the company in 2006 the Datuma company, a novel model for supporting socio-cultural projects.

Life

The three brothers were born and raised in Küsnacht, today all three live in Zurich's districts 4 and 5.

Martin Meili is a general practitioner with his own practice in Zurich.

Daniel Meili is the former chief physician at ARUD Zurich (working group for the low-risk use of drugs). He was instrumental in setting up the heroin delivery and methadone programs.

Marcel Meili was an architect and co-owner of the Meili, Peter & Partner AG office . Meili was u. a. Lecturer at the Zurich Higher School of Design and two guest lecturers at Harvard University . From 1999 he was Professor of Architecture at the ETH Studio Basel .

Her father, Ernst Meili , invented the automatic fire alarm in 1941 and made great fortunes with his company Cerberus. The Datea company of the Meili brothers emerged from this inheritance.

"We had all earned our own professions and economic independence. We had no particular interests in this inheritance, no claims to change our standard of living - and this made it possible for us to look at this capital differently." - Daniel Meili

Datuma, AG for projects

Datuma is a joint stock company for projects (Datwoma AG). The company is a unique example of building cultural and social projects in Switzerland by granting advice, loans and investments on flexible terms, with the minimum goal of profitability. Datuma is interested in projects in the fields of energy, water & resources, health and culture.

Some of the projects supported caused a sensation nationwide by addressing socially relevant issues such as Agent-Provocateur, a campaign for video clips. The Scheidegger & Spiess , Park Books, Riff Raff, Bourbaki, Houdini and Cinema Sil Plaz cinemas supported by Datuma have a lasting impact on the Swiss cultural landscape.

Projects

  • Republic , independent online magazine
  • Edition Unik
  • Riff Raff, Bourbaki and Houdini cinemas
  • Publishers Scheidegger & Spiess , Park Books, Kein & Aber
  • Cinema Sil Plaz, Switzerland, completed
  • Hugofilm, Switzerland, completed
  • Agent-Provocateur, video clip campaign with publication, 2004–2008
  • Zypressenstrasse residential and commercial building, Zurich (unconventional conversion of an old factory, mixed use of residential and work purposes), 1993, completed
  • Hotel Rothaus, Zurich, completed

As well as several projects in the fields of energy & resources and health, e.g. B. Climeworks , ALGAE, MedTechTrade, Phytoceuticals.

Others

The Meili brothers supported the inheritance tax initiative's pro campaign and the Libero operation .

literature

  • Plinio Bachmann, Martin Heller: Agent-provocateur.ch - what annoys us and why not. Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich 2008, ISBN 978-3-85881-241-4

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marcel Meili is dead . In: Tages-Anzeiger . ISSN  1422-9994 ( tagesanzeiger.ch [accessed on March 19, 2019]).
  2. ↑ a b c The polluters . In: tagesanzeiger.ch/ . ( tagesanzeiger.ch [accessed on October 22, 2018]).
  3. ↑ Lucien Scherrer: Millionaire, left, is looking for a new medium . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . January 16, 2018, ISSN  0376-6829 ( nzz.ch [accessed October 22, 2018]).
  4. ↑ a b c Barbara Basting: You let your capital work for art. In: Tages-Anzeiger. December 20, 2007
  5. ↑ Stefan Hohler: Less than 50 newcomers annually. In: Tages-Anzeiger December 30, 2006
  6. ↑ Marcel Meili . In: NZZ Podium . ( nzz.ch [accessed on October 22, 2018]).
  7. ↑ Datuma - Home. Retrieved October 22, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Thomas Wyss: The flood protection is outstanding about the idea. In: Tages-Anzeiger. January 26, 2009
  9. ↑ Drain the lake for more land | St.Galler Tagblatt . In: St.Galler Tagblatt . ( tagblatt.ch [accessed on October 22, 2018]).
  10. ↑ Plinio Bachmann, Martin Heller: Agent-provocateur.ch - what annoys us and why not . Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich 2008, ISBN 978-3-85881-241-4 .
  11. ↑ Inheritance tax initiative - inheritance tax: Zurich millionaires donate to the yes campaign . In: Swiss Radio and Television (SRF) . April 29, 2015 ( srf.ch [accessed October 22, 2018]).
  12. ↑ Enforced . In: tagesanzeiger.ch/ . ( tagesanzeiger.ch [accessed on October 22, 2018]).