From industrial space to gallery: how Freeart Studio came to be

When we first stepped into the space on Grindelstrasse, it was empty, cold and echoing. And yet it was immediately clear: this space has character. The only question was how to bring it out without smoothing it over.

Keeping the character

Instead of hiding its industrial origins, we made them our starting point. The open structures stayed, joined by mobile wall elements that reshape the space for each occasion: sometimes gallery, sometimes workshop room, sometimes a stage for dinner.

We didn't want a neutral function room, but a place that tells a story the moment you walk in.

Light, art and a bar

Three elements shape the venue today: a flexibly controllable lighting system, the works of Heidi Thöni, which are not only exhibited here but also painted here, and the bar as a natural meeting point for conversations before, during and after an event.

The result is a space that adapts to the occasion, not the other way round.