A work born out of inner need
Created without commission or commercial objective, this totem marks a defining moment in Valentine Bärg’s career: the moment when her own expression came to the fore. A reflection deeply rooted in a sensitive and symbolic world.
This work bears witness to an important transition: from an architectural practice based on functional and tangible responses to a more introspective, poetic approach that is less easy to articulate.
A work that does not say everything, but suggests, evokes, and reassures. It expresses an essential part of her creative universe, often present in her projects, but rarely highlighted in such a direct way.
The symbol of a personal language
Created in collaboration with Swiss carpenter Wider, this piece defies conventional categories: it is neither a structure, nor a piece of furniture, nor an object. Potentially, it is all of these things at once. With no defined scale or function, it straddles several disciplines—architecture, design, art—and embraces this ambiguity with force.
A work in progress
Today, this creation stands at the heart of the agency. Its presence soothes and inspires. Open to future metamorphoses—columns, lamps, table legs—it has become a kind of creative matrix, a starting point.
A suspended promise, a fragment of architectural language that will one day find other expressions.
