Hi, my name is
Gilles Schneider
I am an architect and artist with a focus on experimental architectural research. During my studies, I began exploring unconventional ways of understanding architecture — through play. I examine our built environment with my ears, nose, and mouth, creating event scores, sensory devices, and games influenced by the Fluxus movement. These playful tools invite people to reconsider how they perceive and interact with the spaces around them.
Powers of Ten by Charles and Ray Eames serves as a key reference for me — a reminder to travel freely between scales. By exploring multiple scales simultaneously, I hope to discover new ways of understanding architecture itself.
At the core of my practice lie two questions:
1. How do we want to live in the future?
2. And how do we want our built environment to look, sound, smell, taste, and feel?
I develop gadgets and methods intended to unlock the imagination — tools that help us explore our desires and visions, to dream boldly once again.
