Marie Schild is a Swiss interior designer based in Geneva.
Graduated with a Master’s degree in MAIA from HEAD – Geneva, she also works alongside her studies for the Geneva-based architecture office Ykra. In parallel, Marie is often involved in set design projects for cinema in collaboration with her filmmaker brother. She began her studies in this field with a Bachelor’s degree in Interior Architecture at HEAD – Genève, graduating in 2020 with honors. Marie then joined Pictet Broillet Architectes Associés. During her year-long internship, she participated in a number of projects, thus building up a base of professional experience.
Diploma Project
The Land Above
In Château-d’OEx, as in many other Swiss resorts, the cable car in the middle of the village has been at a standstill for several years. The increasingly frequent lack of snow is forcing some mid-range mountain facilities to close their doors and shut down their machines, as tourists are no longer visiting them. So, what is to be done with these abandoned structures in the landscape in the decades to come?
The project, in the form of an anticipation story, proposes a new way of living. The mountain, as a refuge from the global warming already underway, offers the advantage of altitude and vertical drops. By transforming the site’s three buildings, located at different altitudes, into one big machine for living (on) and adapting, they learn how to organize themselves around the cable car as the only means of transport. Drawing on the region’s ancient customs, they live in harmony with the rhythm of the mountain. They inhabit the cable car, worship it, and watch over it as their savior.
