Studio Abend

Valentin Abend (he/him) is an architect, climate organiser and teacher.

He studied at the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio and worked for Herzog & de Meuron in Basel and SO – IL in New York. He is founder and director at Climate Words, Inc. and Paraply School, and teaches Sustainable Systems at Parsons School of Design.

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Studio Abend

Valentin Abend (he/him) is an architect, climate organiser and teacher.

He studied at the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio and worked for Herzog & de Meuron in Basel and SO – IL in New York. He is a Project Coordinator at Climate Words, Inc. and Paraply School, and teaches Sustainable Systems at Parsons School of Design.

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CHINA POND
2019-2020 / New York, US

A stone patio and a timber platform on a lake

The project replaces a beach that did not belong on the lake. Its rectilinearity emphasises the irregularity of the large mossy rocks and level change. Some of the rocks become furniture on the stone patio. The timber platform hovers over the waters edge. Square in plan, its pattern references the Agnes Martin painting, Affection, 2001. 

In collaboration with Nicolas Mourot