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ABOUT

CHRISTIAN BAUMGARTEN is an Architectural Designer and Photographer based in Basel, Switzerland, who captures the unseen interplay between absence and form. With his Fujifilm X100V, he reveals the hidden narratives and striking contrasts in the everyday, inviting viewers to discover the powerful stories that lie dormant in quiet spaces. Join him in exploring a world defined by what isn't there as much as by what is.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

HERZOG & DE MEURON

// Architect

2024 - 2025

Basel, Switzerland

CHRISTIAN KEREZ ZURICH AG

2023

Milan, Italy

// Senior Architect

FLORIAN BUSCH ARCHITECTS

Tokyo, Japan

2020 - 2023

// Architectural Designer

HERZOG & DE MEURON

Hamburg, Germany

2015 - 2016

// Trainee

RAPPAPORT SZENOGRAPHIE ARCHITEKTUR GMBH

Zurich, Switzerland

2013 - 2014

// Trainee

WOLFGANG JOSWIG

Senftenberg, Germany

2008

// Trainee

ACADEMICAL EXPERIENCE

ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS VIENNA

Vienna, Austria

2016 – 2019

// Master of Architecture

ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS VIENNA

Master of Architecture

UNIVERSITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN

Vaduz, Liechtenstein

2011 – 2015

// Bachelor of Science in Architecture

UNIVERSITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN

Bachelor of Science in Architecture

EXHIBITIONS

SPC – SWISS PHOTO AWARDS

TOP 40 Finalist

Dresden, Germany

2024

Verwünschte Bionik:  Devastierte Landschaft ‚Welzow Süd I‘

]a[ Academy of Fine Arts Vienna | Master Thesis exhibition

Vienna, Austria

2019

Inszenierte Wirklichkeit: Private Chroniken einer Front

Stadtmuseum / Stadtarchiv Dornbirn, University of Liechtenstein

Dornbirn, Austria

2015

Schlossmediale: Fenster an Fenster

Forum Werdenberg, University of Liechtenstein

Buchs, Switzerland

2013

ArtDesign Feldkirch: Reuse Recycle Reshape

University of Liechtenstein

Feldkirch, Austria

2012

Architekturtage Vorarlberg: Offensichtliche Privatangelegenheiten

VAI, University of Liechtenstein

Dornbirn, Austria

2012

PUBLICATIONS

Designboom

Goepel & Baumgarten‘s Treehouse Modules in France draw influence from wasp nests

2020

Inhabitat

Modular treehouse concept is inspired by wasp nests

2020

#digitaldisobediences

s/he would rather do Fiction MAKER

2018

Räume der Industrie

University of Liechtenstein

2013

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