Biel
Rue du Faucon 44
2502 Biel
Opening Hours
Appointments by prior arrangement
Holiday opening hours
Swiss National Day, 31.07.–01.08.2026: closed
Christmas, 24.–26.12.2026: closed
New Year’s Eve / New Year, 31.12.2026–02.01.2027: closed
In Biel’s Gurzelen district, teo jakob operates a joint atelier with architect Katia Ritz and designer Florian Hauswirth. The location is not a showroom, but a consultation and workspace for private clients and businesses who want to plan, renovate or redesign flats, offices or public spaces.
In Biel’s Gurzelen district, teo jakob operates a joint atelier with architect Katia Ritz and designer Florian Hauswirth. The location is not a showroom, but a consultation and workspace for private clients and businesses who want to plan, renovate or redesign flats, offices or public spaces.
Rue du Faucon 44
The atelier is located in a former industrial building and comprises a sample library, a small workshop and flexible spaces for concept development and consultations. Sophie Harent manages projects here for private clients, companies, and institutions, collaborating directly with designers in the space.
Distinctive Characteristics
Competencies
teo jakob Biel is connected with the teo jakob locations in Geneva-Carouge and Bern. Comprehensive material libraries as well as expert planning and implementation are available for interior architecture projects in Seeland, Jura, Neuchâtel, and the Solothurn region. The atelier supports furnishing consultation for private and commercial spaces, lighting planning, bespoke curtains, acoustic solutions and the configuration of USM furniture, with access to samples and special editions in each case.
Platform & Events
The atelier is an open venue for exchanges among the fields of architecture, design, and furnishings. Workshops and participatory sessions shape the daily work routine, such as conversations on the topic of «Women in Design». In this way, teo jakob Biel continues the cooperative tradition of Theodor Jakob, who, from the very beginning, collaborated with designers such as Hans Eichenberger, Robert Haussmann and Kurt Thut.
Team
Sophie Harent
Project Leader Business
Christoph von Allmen
Regional Director Bern & Head SCM
Member of the executive Board
E-Mail
+41 31 327 57 45
Klara Mitkova
Sales Support Business
Journal
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26.03.2026
Verner Panton (1926–1998) and his iconic upholstered pieces, reissued.
Light is more than just lighting
13.05.2026
BALTENSWEILER is an independent Swiss lighting manufacturer with over 70 years of experience.
An armchair for good conversations
13.05.2026
A Cassina design classic that combines clean lines with comfort and timeless appeal.
Klybeck Furniture from Basel: a Swiss manufacturer of sustainable design
13.05.2026
Handcrafted wooden furniture from Basel – sustainably made and timeless in design.
Spaces have an impact. How work environments shape behaviour, culture and collaboration
Spaces are never neutral. They influence how we think, work, communicate and orient ourselves. In conversation with teo jakob, Sandra Gauer, expert in new work environments, architectural psychology and workplace strategy, talks about architectural psychology, modern work environments and why spaces need to do more than offer good design.