Jean Tschumi Designer

27.02 → 26.04.2026

Ground floor of the main building with a view of the park

© Archives of Vaudoise Assurances, Lausanne

The mudac is inaugurating its new exhibition space, Le carré, with Jean Tschumi Designer. This exhibition, produced in collaboration with the Artistic Commission of Vaudoise Assurances, focuses on a particular aspect of the great Swiss architect's work: his furniture designs for Le Cèdre, the headquarters of Vaudoise Assurances in Lausanne.

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With the headquar­ters of Vaudoise Assur­ances in Lausanne, Jean Tschumi created a true archi­tec­tural master­piece. His design, both rigor­ous and nuanced, aspires to trans­par­ency, light­ness, and open­ness. It is a total work of art, where archi­tec­ture, art, and design come together to form a whole of rare harmony and excep­tional qual­ity. As part of the restor­a­tion of this iconic build­ing, Vaudoise Assur­ances commis­sioned Swiss studio BIG-GAME to reis­sue the furniture designed by Tschumi specific­ally for the site.

The Jean Tschumi Designer exhib­i­tion presents these reis­sues—arm­less chairs, a round marble and iron table, office chair, small table—­man­u­fac­tured by the renowned Swiss furniture maker Girser­ger (foun­ded in 1889), along­side the original pieces care­fully preserved by Vaudoise. These sets are accom­pan­ied by extens­ive docu­ment­a­tion (photo­graphs, films, archival docu­ments) tracing the genesis of the project and the design­er’s think­ing. Archival mater­i­als from the period place the furniture in its original context, while contem­por­ary docu­ments shed light on the chal­lenges involved in reis­su­ing it: adapt­a­tion to current produc­tion meth­ods, mater­ial and aesthetic require­ments, and contem­por­ary stand­ards.

Le carré

Le carré, mudac’s new exhib­i­tion space, covers approx­im­ately 90 m². It offers the museum greater flex­ib­il­ity, allow­ing it to respond quickly to current issues, present works from its collec­tion, host external projects, and design more intim­ate formats, in addi­tion to its large-scale exhib­i­tions that require lengthy prepar­a­tion. Designed as a true labor­at­ory for exper­i­ment­a­tion, Le carré allows mudac to take a stand on contem­por­ary issues while continu­ing its research work on the Archives du Design Romand.

Curation Jolanthe Kugler - mudac Nathalie Bender
Scientific collaboration Diane Maechler - mudac
Scientific council Catherine Othenin-Girard
Exhibition design Magali Conus - mudac Timo Walther - mudac
Graphic design Notter + Vigne

In collaboration with the Art Commission of Vaudoise Assurances

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