Collectif Xenia is an architecture collective founded in 2022 by Michel Kessler, Pierre Musy, and Romain Iff, three architects based in Zurich and Geneva. The studio focuses on the concept of hospitality and the inclusion of foreigners in its broadest sense. Together, they explore architecture's potential for community building by activating public space through ephemeral, symbolic, and social formats. Their practice ranges from architecture and landscape competitions in Switzerland to international workshops, public rituals, and research-based installations.
Pierre Musy is an architect, a scenographer and videomaker based in Geneva. He graduated in architecture from ETH Zurich in 2022 and is a co-founder of the collectif xenia. His work focuses on ephemeral interventions and explores impalpable factors and the unveiling of collateral agents, carefully observing and reinterpreting the reading of an intertwined world.
Romain Iff is an architect from La Chaux-de-Fonds and a graduate of ETH Zurich. He has worked for Ciguë (Paris) and Jan Kinsbergen (Zurich), contributing to projects such as the Pavillon de l’Arsenal and the Campus Santé in Lausanne. His work has been exhibited at Arc-en-Rêve and Archizoom. In 2024, he led a workshop in Paris-Est and co-curated the Midnight Spaces event in Geneva.
Michel Kessler is a Zurich-based architect and founder of michel.kessler+associates. His work addresses infrastructure, geopolitics, artificial intelligence, and new materials. He was awarded the Foundation Prize for Innovation in Architecture 2024 and selected for the INCA residency (EU Horizon). His projects have been exhibited at the Venice Biennale, Sonic Matter, and GTA Exhibitions. He is the curator of the alternative space Lathouse and co-founder of Xenia.
