Maurus Schifferli
{{Short description|Swiss landscape architect (born 1973)}}
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Maurus Schifferli (born 11 January 1973, Wilderswil) is a Swiss landscape architect and professor.
Biography
Maurus Schifferli completed a four-year apprenticeship as a landscape architect with Kienast Vogt Partner in Zurich and Bern in 1994, and studied landscape architecture at the Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences in Rapperswil from 1995 to 2000. In 1999, he worked at the Büro für Gestaltung in Munich and founded the landscape architecture firm 4d in Bern with Simon Schöni in 2000 and his own landscape architecture firm in 2014, which has offices in Bern and Basel. Maurus Schifferli is a member of the SIA. Schifferli taught under Eberhard Stauss at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich (1999), under Valerio Olgiati at the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio (2002), at the University of Applied Sciences Erfurt (2005), at the Bern University of Applied Sciences Burgdorf (2005–2017), under Raphael Zuber at ETH Zurich (2018) and since 2025 at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
Principal works
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- 2000–2002: Lido, Biel
- 2003–2005: Gardens of the Hôtel de Ville and Hôtel de la Poste, Sierre {{cite web|access-date=2021-12-04 |author=Werner Huber |language=de |publisher=ETH Zürich |title=Den Bäumen zu Füssen: Stadthausgarten in Siders |url=https://www.e-periodica.ch/cntmng?pid=hoc-001%3A2005%3A18%3A%3A1543 |website=www.e-periodica.ch}}
- 2004–2009: Schoolhouse Leutschenbach, Zurich (architect: Christian Kerez and engineer Joseph Schwartz){{cite web|access-date=2022-03-17 |author=nextroom-architektur im netz |title=Schulanlage Leutschenbach, Christian Kerez - Zürich (CH) - 2009 |url=https://www.nextroom.at/building.php?id=30944}}{{cite web|access-date=2021-04-15 |language=de |publisher=Jürg Meister |title=Genial oder banal? Das neue Schulhaus Leutschenbach spaltet die Architekturkritiker. Sechs kontroverse Meinungen zum Bau von Christian Kerez. G |url=https://www.nextroom.at/data/media/med_binary/original/1255337157.pdf |website=www.nextroom.at}}
- 2006–2011: Zug-Schleife, Zug (Architektur: Valerio Olgiati and engineers Conzett Bronzini Gartmann)
- 2007–2011: Schoolhouse Grono (Architektur: Raphael Zuber and engineers Conzett Bronzini Gartmann){{cite web|access-date=2022-03-18 |language=de |publisher=Hochparterre |title=Fin de chantier |url=https://www.e-periodica.ch/cntmng?pid=hoc-001:2012:25::1215 |website=www.e-periodica.ch}}{{cite web|access-date=2022-03-18 |language=de |publisher=Tec21 |title=Magazin |url=https://www.e-periodica.ch/cntmng?pid=sbz-004:2013:139::3285 |website=www.e-periodica.ch}}
- 2008–2012: Extension Pavillon School Gönhard, Aarau (architect: Roger Boltshauser) {{cite web|access-date=2021-04-15 |author=Andrea Wiegelmann |date=2012-01-16 |language=de |title=Variation in Ton Erweiterung Schulanlage Gönhard, Aarau; Architektur: Boltshauser Architekten, Zürich {{!}} Espazium |url=https://www.espazium.ch/de/aktuelles/variation-ton}}
- 2009–2013: Schoolhouse Thal (architect: Angela Deuber and engineers Conzett Bronzini Gartmann) {{cite web|access-date=2022-03-18 |author=Andres Herzog |language=de |publisher=Hochparterre |title=Schön schräg |url=https://www.e-periodica.ch/cntmng?pid=hoc-001:2014:27::1448 |website=www.e-periodica.ch}}
- 2014: Villa Além, Alentejo (architect: Valerio Olgiati)
- 2015: Rectory, Trub (architect: Roger Boltshauser)
- 2016–2021: Office and infrastructure building Wasserwerke Zug WWZ (architect: Roger Boltshauser){{cite web |url=https://www.detail.de/de_en/verwaltungsgebaude-der-wasserwerke-zug|title=Administration Building of the Zug Waterworks|work=detail|date=2022}}
- 2019–2024: Thürwachterhaus, Ingolstadt (architects: BÜRO MÜHLBAUER){{cite web |url=https://www.detail.de/de_en/umbau-historischer-stadtbauernhof-in-ingolstadt?srsltid=AfmBOooyniUi4OLqyNse1i2PvVz6qUMNZwiq5c8m__Lfzj34awYwIMzU|title=Renovation of a Historic Farmhouse in Ingolstadt|work=detail|date=2025}}{{cite web |url=https://divisare.com/projects/524557-buro-muhlbauer-ralph-feiner-taschenturmstrasse|title=BÜRO MÜHLBAUER Thürwachterhaus|work=divisare|date=2025}}
- 2018–2025: House with two courtyards, Bad Kötzting (architects: BÜRO MÜHLBAUER)
- 2018–2026: Swimming pool Gossau, St. Gallen (architect: Raphael Zuber and engineers Ferrari Gartmann)
- since 2021: Charité Center, Berlin (architects: Silvia Gmür Reto Gmür)
- since 2021: Extension Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin (architects: Silvia Gmür Reto Gmür) {{cite web|access-date=2023-05-03 |date=2022-07-11 |language=de-DE |title=OP fürs Benjamin Franklin |url=https://www.bz-berlin.de/berlin/steglitz-zehlendorf/op-fuers-benjamin-franklin}}
Awards
- 2005: Silver Hare for Jardins de l'Hôtel de Ville et de l'Hôtel de la Poste, Sierre{{cite web|access-date=2022-03-21 |author=Werner Huber |language=de |publisher=Hochparterre |title=Den Bäumen zu Füssen: Stadthausgarten in Siders |url=https://www.e-periodica.ch/cntmng?pid=hoc-001%3A2005%3A18%3A%3A1543 |website=www.e-periodica.ch}}
- 2005: Wakker Prize for new SBB regional railway stations, Zäziwil
- 2007: Travel grant from the Canton of Bern for fine arts and architecture - study of the position and work of Geoffrey Bawa in Sri Lanka
- 2009: Gold Hare for the Leutschenbach school building, Zurich {{cite web|access-date=2022-03-18 |author=Axel Simon |language=de |publisher=Hochparterre |title=Hase in Gold: Schulhaus Leutschenbach, Alltag im Glasbau |url=https://www.e-periodica.ch/cntmng?pid=hoc-001%3A2009%3A22%3A%3A1896 |website=www.e-periodica.ch}}
- 2013: Federal Monument Award for the renovation and extension of the Gönhard Pavilion School, Aarau
- 2013: Graubünden award for good buildings for Grono school building
- 2014: Wakker Prize for the renovation and extension of the Gönhard Pavilion School, Aarau
- 2015: Award for good buildings in the canton of Zug 2006-2015 for Zug-Schleife, Zug
- 2015: Bronze Hare for Europaplatz, Bern {{cite web|access-date=2022-03-21 |language=de |title=Hochparterre - Das sind ‹Die Besten 2015› |url=https://www.hochparterre.ch//diebesten/blog/post/detail/das-sind-die-besten-2015/1448888251/}}
- 2016: Award for good buildings in the city of Zurich 2011-2015 for the Grünmatt housing estate of FGZ, Zurich
- 2017: Concrete Architecture Prize for the Buechen Thal school building
- 2017: Hare in silver for the rectory garden, Trub
- Garden of the Sierre town hall is a listed building in Sierre
Literature
- Maurus Schifferli (ed.): Strategies of Landscape Architecture. About Bocks, Zurich/Berlin, 2022 with contributions by Markus Peter and Christoph Schläppi{{Cite web|url=https://aabookshop.net/?wpsc-product=strategies-of-landscape-architecture|title=Strategies of Landscape Architecture | AA Bookshop}}
- Maurus Schifferli and Simon Schöni (eds.): 4d Landschaftsarchitekten. Edition Dino Simonett, Zurich 2013 with photographs by Milo Keller and a contribution by Christoph Schläppi, design: Dino Simonett, Bruno Margreth{{Cite web|url=https://www.brunomargreth.ch/archive/4d-landschaftsarchitekten|title=4D Landschaftsarchitekten}}
Contributions
- Time Space Existence, "Biennale di Venezia". Contribution by Maurus Schifferli: Beyound Object and Abstraction, 2018
References
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External links
- [https://www.msbern.ch/news/ Website]
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Category:Academic staff of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
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