Anna MacIver-Ek and Axel Chevroulet met while studying in Copenhagen. Together, they explore the field of architecture. Through their projects, they strive for precision as a tool to achieve an architecture sensitive to its context and generous to its users. In their search for alternative forms of practice, they co-founded the collective la–clique. Continual investigation within the profession leads them to work using different scales and mediums, from films, furniture making, to teaching.

If you are interested in joining the team, please send your application to join@maciverekchevroulet.ch

Team: Emily Bardenz, Axel Chevroulet, Noé Cuendet, Alexis Gargaloni, Anna MacIver-Ek, Fynn Mengel, Fynn Münker, Simon Nougué, Julia Strömland

Past collaborators: Meryl Barthe, Nadia Doriot, Guillaume Nguyen, Paola Bergier, Gabrielle Chilinski, Arthur Douillet, Ines Branet, Victor Stasik

Project List

Currently

Vétérinaire, Transformation of a post office into a veterinary office, Neuchâtel

Leis, Transformation of a barn, Leis

Steinkluppe, Transformation of a sports facility, Zürich

Liguster, Transformation of a sports complex, Zürich

Boulodrome, Boulodrome and multifunctional building, Renens

2024

Loogarten, Selective competition for housing (with CRRA), Zürich

Wallisellen, Selective competition for emergency housing, Zürich

Spectacle, Selective competition for the extension of a concert hall (with Sujets Objets), Renens

Omnium, Competition for a new school building, Lausanne

Kadiyak, Competition for a kayak club in Geneva, 2nd prize (with Sujets Objets), Geneva

Buren pas Buren, New shutters for the Furka residency, Furkapass

Unlimited Walls, Re-use strategy for Art Basel (As Double Negative), Basel

Bellmund, Transformation of a town hall (with Nora Molari), Bellmund

Lärchenhof, Transformation of a farm (with Nora Molari), Biel

2023

Zig Zag, Scenography for Festival de la Cité (as la-clique), Lausanne

Barbastella, Competition for a road maintenance center, 4th prize (with ALIAS), Neuchâtel

far°, Scenography for the Festival des Arts vivants (as la-clique), Nyon

2022

far°, Scenography for the Festival des Arts vivants (as la-clique), Nyon

Clean Cut, Competition for the Swiss Embassy in London (with cortese/mazza), London

Matrix, Scenography for the Archizoom exhibition on the collective Matrix (as la-clique), Lausanne

Fertiliser, Competition for a housing building, 4th prize (with Michele Broglia), Fribourg

2021

Sardine, Competition for a new Lighthouse on Lake Geneva, 3rd prize (with cortese/mazza), Geneva

M3, Identity of the m3 metro line in Lausanne, 1st prize (as la-clique), Lausanne

Living Room Odyssey, Furniture series

Skumfidus, Furniture series for Tableau Copenhagen, Copenhagen

Gadolinium, Installation in a former Post sorting center (as la-clique), Lausanne

Moustache, Solar powered porch, Neuchâtel

2020

Speakers’ Corner, Installation for Manifesta 13 (as la-clique), Marseille

Triple Jump, Competition for the extension of the textile museum (with Michele Broglia), St-Gallen

Air Force One, Competition for the firestation of Oostende’s international airport, 3rd prize (with Bovenbouw architectuur), Oostende

Sunset, Extension of a village house (with Comte/Meuwly), Neuchâtel

Spareribs, Transformation of a former butchery (with Comte/Meuwly), Neuchâtel

Club Absinthe, Transformation of a village house (with Comte/Meuwly), Neuchâtel

2019

Calling Architecture, Telephonic Odyssey

Teaching 

Guest professorship TU Munich: Studio OVERLOAD, Studio DIRT / Professorship Berner Fachhochschule: Studio OCCUPY, Studio CRASH / EPF Lausanne: Collective Design Workshop, Studio Jo Taillieu / ETH Zürich: Studio Maria Conen

Guest Critic

ETH Zürich: Studio Nägeli Dias, Studio Unicorn, Studio Anna Puigjaner, Studio Maria Conen, Studio Lilitt Bollinger, Studio Material Cultures, Studio Jan de Vylder, Studio Tom Emerson, Studio Adam Caruso / Accademia di Mendrisio: Studio Muck Petzet / TU Munich: Studio Jeannette Kuo, Studio Frauen Bauen München / Academy of Fine Arts Munich: Studio Meier Unger / EPF Lausanne: Studio Baukunst, Studio MAGMA Marco Bakker / HEAD Genève: Studio Youri Kravtchenko, Studio KOSMOS / HSLU Luzern: Studio Festival / TU Graz: Studio summacumfemmer / ENSA Paris-Est: Studio Laurent Esmilaire

Workshop

Tbilisi Architecture Biennial: Double Exposure (as la-clique) / HEAD Genève: Semaine de tous les possibles / Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts: Paraply / Academia di Architettura di Mendrisio: Swiss Summer School, Studio Muck Petzet

Thesis Expert

ENSA Paris-Est / HEAD Genève / Berner Fachhochschule / KTH Stockholm

News / Events

Lecture

Architekturforum Zürich

Cornell University

Un dîner avec, EPF Lausanne

Maison Européenne de l’Architecture

Singularch, Bratislava

University of Southern California, Los Angeles

ETH Zürich (with la-clique)

Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio

Revealing Encounters Summer School, Gandria

POOL Architekten

Architekturforum Ostschweiz

AJAC Biennale Barcelona

Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts

Swissnex, San Francisco

Biennale Svizzera del Territorio, Lugano

HEIA Fribourg (with la–clique)

Centre Dürrenmatt, Neuchâtel

Politecnico di Milano

HEAD Genève

Un dîner avec, EPF Lausanne (with la–clique)

Soirées Luegisland (with la–clique)

Prize

Swiss Art Award 2021

ETH Medaille for Disruptions

Exhibition

Participation in Objets Trouvés at Cité d’Architecture, Paris

Participation in Europelago at Drop City Centre for Architecture and Design, Milano

Participation in Colors at House Diskursiv, Graz

Participation in fundraising exhibition No To War, Zürich

Deliberate Leak is exhibited at the Swiss Art Awards 2022

Participation in BIVOUAC, Lausanne (as la–clique)

Calling Architecture is in competition at International Architecture Film Festival Barcelona

Skumfidus is exhibited at Tableau, Copenhagen

Skumfidus is exhibited at Galleria Antonia Jannone, Milan

Participation in MANIFESTA 13, Marseille (as la–clique)

Calling Architecture is in the official selection of Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam

Calling Architecture is exhibited at the XII International Architecture Biennial of São Paulo

Participation in Prinzip Hoffnung at MaximiliansForum, Munich

Publication

Participation in Quaderns d’Arquitectura #29, Barcelona

Kadiyak is published in Hochparterre

Boulodrome is published in Tracés

Club Absinthe is published in Europelago Milano

Participation in ‘Rotterdam Ripresa’, M. Grootveld

Participation in Objets Trouvés, Paris

la–clique is published in ‘Collective Processes: Counterpractices in European Architecture’, N. Donat-Cattin

Deliberate Leak is published in Tracés

Club Absinthe is published in werk, bauen + wohnen

Speakers’ Corner is published in Hochparterre

Edition of trans 33 Reality

Edition of trans 34 Youth

Article ‘The Fox and the Lion’ in trans 31 Kritik