Alexandra Sonnemans
Architect | Reflections & Actions

Photo by Alex Ochsner
Assemblage system with only wood. Drawing by rotative studio
Photo by Alex Ochsner

Pavilion Encounter Iced Sound

‘Pavilion Encounter Iced Sound’ was a project in collaboration with Swiss composer and musician Ramon Landolt. The pavilion with sound installation makes perceptible what we cannot directly see and hear: the story of fragile landscapes that are gradually, but also ever faster, changing, which has major consequences for our planet. It brings the sound of melting Alpine glaciers within the public, urban space, and highlights the climate crisis through spatial and sonic experience.

We created a wooden modular structure that we could easily build, dismantle and transport ourselves.


Credits
Type: Architectural Design, Pavilion | Architecture & Sound
For: composer and musician Ramon Landolt, as part of his project Iced Sound
When: March and October 2023
Project by: rotative studio (Alexandra Sonnemans and Caterina Viguera) in collaboration with Ramon Landolt 
Construction with Bilthauer Werkstatt Andreas Lindegger 
Where: Schiffbauplatz Zürich & Ketelhuisplein Dutch Design Week
Photos: rotative studio, Alex Ochsner (drone)

Nominated for Building of the Year, Small Scale & Installations by Archdaily
Exhibited at Dutch Design Week ‘23  as part of the curated program

Press
- Archdaily
- Divisare
- Schweizer Baudokumentation
- Archello
- Hochparterre
- espazium - Article
- espazium - Announcement
- Vitality.Swiss (Swiss Embassy in Japan - Osaka 2025)
- Interiors Magazine Korea (print)
- New Generations