Mark Baechler

architect

  • About
  • the Workshop + the Drawing Room
    • Craft Ontario Award Exhibition
    • MB10 - Collection
    • MB10 - Sculpture and MB11 - Chair
    • MB12 - Reading Chair and MB13 Ottoman
    • MB14 MB15 MB16 - Sofa and MB17 - End Table
    • MB18 - Coffee Table
    • MB19 - Table
    • MB00 - Collection
    • MB01 - Drawing Chair and MB02 Drawing Table
    • MB03 - Ottoman and MB05, MB08 - Drawing Stool
    • MB04 -End Table and MB06, MB07 - Church Bench
    • In Progress: MB20 - Collection
    • Abrahamic Architecture No. 1 and No.3
    • Abrahamic Architecture No. 4
    • The Christ of the Light Mosque-Church No.1:1, No.1:2 and No.1:3
  • About
    • Craft Ontario Award Exhibition
    • MB10 - Collection
    • MB10 - Sculpture and MB11 - Chair
    • MB12 - Reading Chair and MB13 Ottoman
    • MB14 MB15 MB16 - Sofa and MB17 - End Table
    • MB18 - Coffee Table
    • MB19 - Table
    • MB00 - Collection
    • MB01 - Drawing Chair and MB02 Drawing Table
    • MB03 - Ottoman and MB05, MB08 - Drawing Stool
    • MB04 -End Table and MB06, MB07 - Church Bench
    • In Progress: MB20 - Collection
    • Abrahamic Architecture No. 1 and No.3
    • Abrahamic Architecture No. 4
    • The Christ of the Light Mosque-Church No.1:1, No.1:2 and No.1:3
       
     
the Workshop + the Drawing Room / Craft Ontario Award Exhibition
  MB10 - Collection  is a series of ten works made with black walnut and paper cord. The collection includes: MB10 - Sculpture, MB11 - Chair, MB12 - Reading Chair, MB13 - Ottoman, MB14 - Sofa, MB15 - Sofa, MB16 - Sofa, MB17 - End Table, MB18 - Coffee
       
     
the Workshop + the Drawing Room / MB10 - Collection
       
     
the Workshop + the Drawing Room / MB10 - Sculpture and MB11 - Chair
       
     
the Workshop + the Drawing Room / MB12 - Reading Chair and MB13 Ottoman
       
     
the Workshop + the Drawing Room / MB14 MB15 MB16 - Sofa and MB17 - End Table
       
     
the Workshop + the Drawing Room / MB18 - Coffee Table
       
     
the Workshop + the Drawing Room / MB19 - Table
 The  MB00 Collection  consists of ten works that began with the creation of  MB00 - Sculpture  to establish the materials, proportions and joinery for the nine furniture pieces that followed. The wood used to construct the series was reclaimed from
       
     
the Workshop + the Drawing Room / MB00 - Collection
       
     
the Workshop + the Drawing Room / MB01 - Drawing Chair and MB02 Drawing Table
       
     
the Workshop + the Drawing Room / MB03 - Ottoman and MB05, MB08 - Drawing Stool
       
     
the Workshop + the Drawing Room / MB04 -End Table and MB06, MB07 - Church Bench
  MB20 - Collection  is a series of ten works made with black walnut and paper cord. The collection includes: MB20 - Sculpture, MB21 - Gallery Bench, MB22 - Gallery Bench, MB23 - Coffee Bench, MB24 - Coffee Bench, MB25 - Bench, MB26 - Sideboard, MB27
       
     
the Workshop + the Drawing Room / In Progress: MB20 - Collection
  Abrahamic Architecture No.1:1 , completed in 2014, illustrates interconnections among the built traditions of the three Abrahamic religions. The drawing displays a collection of over 180 Jewish, Christian and Islamic buildings constructed between 9
       
     
the Workshop + the Drawing Room / Abrahamic Architecture No. 1 and No.3
  Abrahamic Architecture No.4:1  illustrates a figure-ground organization of a collection of 180 synagogues, churches and mosques constructed in the Middle East, Europe and Africa between 800 B.C.E to 1600 C.E.
       
     
the Workshop + the Drawing Room / Abrahamic Architecture No. 4
 I have a clouded memory of encountering a large architectural drawing of a cathedral in Italy. As much as I can recall, the drawing was composed of thousands of delicate lines illustrating, in impeccable detail, the front façade of the building. The
       
     
the Workshop + the Drawing Room / The Christ of the Light Mosque-Church No.1:1, No.1:2 and No.1:3