Céline Baumann

Céline Baumann is a Visiting Professor at ETH Zurich and founder of Studio Céline Baumann, specializing in landscape architecture and urban design. She actively bridges botanical principles with urban planning through projects like the Parliament of Plants and Ramification exhibitions.

• Led award-winning projects including Stadtfeld Pratteln (2025 First Prize) and Zeppelin high-rise in Zurich (2024 First Prize)
• Curated the Ramification exhibition at Museum im Bellpark (2024), exploring botanical growth patterns in territorial design
• Developed Queer Nature research (2017-2020) examining gender diversity in plant behavior

Her work focuses on:

• Ecosystem resilience through ramification processes
• Queer theory applications in botanical contexts
• Interspecies coexistence in urban environments
• Colonial history critique through ornamental plant analysis

Recent publications include the Ramification book (2025) and contributions to A Tree: A Reader on Arboreal Kinship (2024), emphasizing plant intelligence and ecological timekeeping. Awards span from the Akademie Schloss Solitude Fellowship (2018) to multiple first prizes for Basel and Zurich projects.