«baroque newly dressed»

Stockargut University Zurich 2015

The garden pavilion Stockargut was built by Johannes Escher Gossweiler in 1740 and is the only surviving witness of a baroque garden pavilion in the city of Zurich Switzerland. Today it is a part of the University of Zurich and is used for representative purposes. For the restoration of the cultural heritage, Annette Douglas was commissioned by Hochbauamt Zurich and Nik Biedermann Architects with the concept and design of the textiles.

Annette Douglas spent a considerable amount of time in the textile archive in St. Gallen and did research work on design, technics, and colors from the Baroque time. In the process, she developed a new design interpretation for the garden pavilion. The fabrics are woven in the jacquard weave technique, a technique (punch card) developed by Mr. Jacquard in 1805. The fabrics are mounted along the wall, covering the closet doors and along the windows as curtains. 



Nik Biedermann Architects Zurich
University Zurich

Building department Zurich