PRACTICE

STUDIO MÆRZ operates at the thresholds of art, architecture, and cultural practice—where material memory and digital speculation converge. Its work weaves together craft and code, gesture and geometry, creating spatial narratives that speak to both ancestral knowledge and algorithmic possibility.

In collaboration with artisans, institutions, and contemporary brands, the studio cultivates new forms of solidarity—constructing environments that are both fragile and resilient, ephemeral and enduring.

Each project is a lived proposition: an immersive field of relations where tradition is not only restored or preserved but transformed through engagement with emerging tools and shifting contexts.

From Basel to Tokyo and Seoul, STUDIO MÆRZ’s work has been recognized on an international stage, offering multidimensional experiences that resist categorization—situated between landscape and interface, ritual and prototype, past and becoming.

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ARTISTIC DIRECTION

STUDIO MÆRZ is directed by Selma Alihodžić,  a Basel-based architect and designer, known for her multidisciplinary approach that combines art, architecture and social engagement. She leads the studio’s collaborations with artisans, brands and cultural institutions to translate collective knowledge from the past and present in the here and now.

Alihodžić graduated as an architect with honors at the University of Stuttgart and at the University of Tokyo. Her first ten years of professional experience include collaborations with international architectural firms in Tokyo, Stuttgart, and Basel. She has taught Architecture and Design Theory in the Master of Arts Programme at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. She is active as a guest critic at the FHNW, among others.

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RECOGNITION

Her work has been featured in prominent international exhibitions, including the 14th International Architecture Biennale in Venice, the 4th Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism and the 5th Biennale Svizzera del Territorio in Lugano. She has been selected as for the artist in residence programs at Fundaziun Nairs and the TaDA - Textile and Design Alliance, among others, where she developed site-specific new projects.

MEDIATION

Alihodžić co-hosts the This Is Basel podcast, a Lovie Award-winning series that delves into Basel’s cultural landscape in collaboration with institutions like the Kunstmuseum Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Museum Tinguely, Museum der Kulturen Basel and the Vitra Design Museum. Her writings have been published in architecture and design media, including Bauwelt, Disegno Journal and more. Dedicated to the mediation of architecture, she has developed the first architecture programme for Kunsttage Basel. 

REFERENCES

TaDA - Textile and Design Alliance

Basel Tourism

Kunsttage Basel

Japanese Swiss Architecture Association

Swiss Architects

Visarte - Swiss Association of Visual Artists

PRACTICE

STUDIO MÆRZ operates at the thresholds of art, architecture, and cultural practice—where material memory and digital speculation converge. Its work weaves together craft and code, gesture and geometry, creating spatial narratives that speak to both ancestral knowledge and algorithmic possibility.

In collaboration with artisans, institutions, and contemporary brands, the studio cultivates new forms of solidarity—constructing environments that are both fragile and resilient, ephemeral and enduring.

Each project is a lived proposition: an immersive field of relations where tradition is not only restored or preserved but transformed through engagement with emerging tools and shifting contexts.

From Basel to Tokyo and Seoul, STUDIO MÆRZ’s work has been recognized on an international stage, offering multidimensional experiences that resist categorization—situated between landscape and interface, ritual and prototype, past and becoming.

Explore our projects

SELECTED CLIENTS

STUDIO MÆRZ is directed by Selma Alihodžić,  a Basel-based architect and designer, known for her multidisciplinary approach that combines art, architecture and social engagement. She leads the studio’s collaborations with artisans, brands and cultural institutions to translate collective knowledge from the past and present in the here and now.

Get in touch with Selma


 

        최나욱은 한국예술종합학교와 영국왕립예술학교 대학원에서 건축학을 전공했다. 현대성을 다루는 두 권의 책—동시대 일시적 문화를 다루는  『클럽 아레나』(2019)와 조선 후기의 문인을 다루는  『자하 신위』(2025)—의 저자이며, 현재 전주대학교 건축학과의 겸임교수이자 2017년 건축평론상을 수상한 건축평단의 편집위원으로 일하고 있다. 2023년 서울시립미술관 신진 큐레이터로 선정되어  《방으로 간 도시들》 전시를 기획하고 디자인했으며, 이외에도 다양한 전시와 공간 디자인을 맡아, 아름다운 표면 뿐 아니라 지적으로 감상할 수 있는 디자인을 탐구하고 있다.

 

        Nowk Choe is the author of two books. His first, Club Arena, examines nightclubs as a global architectural typology and documents Seoul’s club culture, often marginalized due to prevailing social taboos. His second, Jaha Shinwi, explores the life of an 18th–19th century Joseon polymath, addressing questions of tradition, modernity, and Seoul’s early emergence as a metropolis.
As an emerging curator selected by the Seoul Museum of Art, he curated and designed exhibitions including Cities in the Room, which investigated the shifting relationship between rooms and cities in the context of digital life and the pandemic. He is currently working on Fashion Runway Typology, a forthcoming book analyzing runway shows as architectural events—initiated on the recommendation of Virgil Abloh.

의뢰자 Selected Clients

서울시립미술관 Seoul Museum of Art,

국립현대미술관 National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea,

월간미술 Monthly Art,

퍼블릭아트 Public Art,

서울신문 The Seoulshinmun,

가나아트센터 Gana Art Center,

그래비티이펙트 Gravity Effect,

아레나옴므플러스 Arena Homme Plus+,

주홍콩한국문화원 Korean Cultural Center in Hong Kong

COLLABORATORS

협업자 Collaborators

김건희 Gunhee Kim, Material Design 

김국한 Gukhan Kim, Graphic Design 

문도균 Dokyun Moon, Graphic Design 

신덕호 Dokho Shin, Graphic Design 

전민지 Minji Chun, Art Critic 

마이클 아산테 Michael Asante, Architect

니심 레보비츠 Nissim Lebovitz, Editor

SUPPORT

Alihodžić co-hosts the This Is Basel podcast, a Lovie Award-winning series that delves into Basel’s cultural landscape in collaboration with institutions like the Kunstmuseum Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Museum Tinguely, Museum der Kulturen Basel and the Vitra Design Museum. Her writings have been published in architecture and design media, including Bauwelt, Disegno Journal and more. Dedicated to the mediation of architecture, she has developed the first architecture programme for Kunsttage Basel. 

지원 Supports

한국문화예술위원회 Arts Council Korea, 

서울문화재단 Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture,

국토과학기술진흥원 Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement, 

예술경영지원센터 Korea Art Management Service,

국립중앙도서관 National Library of Korea

PATRONAGE

Alihodžić co-hosts the This Is Basel podcast, a Lovie Award-winning series that delves into Basel’s cultural landscape in collaboration with institutions like the Kunstmuseum Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Museum Tinguely, Museum der Kulturen Basel and the Vitra Design Museum. Her writings have been published in architecture and design media, including Bauwelt, Disegno Journal and more. Dedicated to the mediation of architecture, she has developed the first architecture programme for Kunsttage Basel. 

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    JOBS

    Currently our team is complete and we have no open positions to offer. We are always curious to get to know talented people to join our dedicated team.

    All applications will be considered in the order they are received.

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