Category: Walls
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Uni Bern Outdoor Boulder
The city of Bern recently built a new swimming hall in Neufeld and the universities old outdoor boulder basically lost its place. It was lifted to a temporary location by helicopter. The plywood really suffered from the rain and eventually the decision was made to replace the boulder. I was commissioned with the design of…
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O’Bloc Extension
O’Bloc climbing gym in Ostermundigen, Switzerland, just a few minutes outside the Swiss capital Bern, has been planning a huge extension, adding roughly 2500 m² of climbing surface to their existing gym. I’m really happy I was chosen for the design of the walls. It’s been a very interesting project with many different wall sectors…
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Bern 2023 Logo Boulder
For this years Climbing World Championship 2023 in Bern I was asked to design a playstructure / mini boulder which looks exactly like their logo. The boulder is designed and built in compliance with EN 1176, the European norm for Playground equipment so it can be set up in public space. Built as three independent…
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BASPO Boulder
Three years ago I got the chance to design a unique boulder wall for the Swiss Federal Institute of Sport (BASPO) in Magglingen, Switzerland. The wall features a top out section and a large vertical part for teaching belaying and rope technique. The boulder wall is located is located in the lower ground level of…
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Elys Extension
The new wall profiles include a concave and convex curved wall, a few different slabs and a big roof. The animations above rely on the WebVR WordPress plugin which might not work at its full potential in all browsers.
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Camp5 KL East paneling
Under the brand called Camp5, my friends own five climbing gyms in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Soon they’ll open another huge gym with a total of 1340 m² of climbing surface. The walls were designed by co-owner Patrick Andrey. I got to do the paneling which consists of placing panels on the planes of the walls…
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GRIP Climbing Biel
GRIP climbing is a new gym in Biel, Switzerland. I was commissioned to design all walls in close cooperation with the owners. This job is what started my search for an efficient algorithm that allows quick adaption of planes and edges on a climbing wall design. Bouldering walls 235 m² Indoor rope climbing walls 480…
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Meiringen Boulder World Cup Wall
In 2017 I got the chance to develop and design a modular competition wall for the Meiringen Boulder World Cup and the National Training Center of the Swiss Alpine Club. The simple design offers maximum freedom for the setters, allowing the placement of big features and volumes. The sectors of the wall are large enough…