Graffitecture is a new artistic approach that merges graffiti and architecture.
Instead of remaining on walls, graffiti letters expand into space and become architectural forms.The vision is clear: people walk through words, stand inside letters, and experience architecture as language.
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Letters leave the wall, expand into space, and become walkable structures. People no longer just read words — they move through them.
The work of Ata Bozaci explores space, perception, typography, and urban identity. For over three decades, his practice has evolved from graffiti into spatial contemporary art. At the center of his work is the letter as architecture. Lines become structures, typography becomes physical space, and graffiti transforms into immersive environments. Bozaci’s work investigates orientation, structure, fragility, and the relationship between humans and the built environment.
The works combine the raw energy of graffiti with the precision of design and the logic of architecture. The result is a unique visual language between urban culture, sculpture, and spatial experience.
Graffitecture is not a trend. It is the result of nearly 30 years of continuous artistic research.
Graffitecture | selected works | 1992-2026
Graffitecture
Toast Paper, AI studies | 2026
FS Boardslide
FS Bluntslide
Graffitecture
100 x 100 cm
Laser sublimation on wood | 2023
Highly complex structures can sometimes be disrupted by seemingly minor elements, giving rise to something unexpected and new. In this work, the artist employs the technique of laser sublimation – an unusual process in which the material transitions directly from a solid to a gaseous state. Through this transformation, the wood is converted into energy, raising questions about force, change, and the duality between man and nature.
My adidas
Graffitecture
140 x 100 cm
Fine art print | 2012
Z POV
Graffitecture
sculpture wood | 2011
Eighty eight
Graffitecture
stick together sculpture wood black
Installation view, Unexpected Playground
Retrospektive, The Essential Collection, Zürich | 2010
Installation view, 1st Beijing International Design Triennial, Beijing | 2011
The stick together sculpture consists of eighty parts and shows a digital 8. The black elements are cut so that they wedge each other. The sides are covered with luminous tape. The 8 is readable from each side.
Flying hearts
Graffitecture
Mixed media on mural, public art,
The Dafen International Mural Invitational Exhibition
Dafen Art Museum, Shenzhen, China | 2010
Fourpack
mixed media on woodboard
100 x 600 cm
Installation view, Public provocations II
Colab Gallery, Weil am Rhein | 2010
Toast Steel
Graffitecture
stick together sculpture steel
Installation view, Point of View, Galerie Springmann, Freiburg | 2008
This incredibly light appearing sculpture weighs about 60 kg per letter. The sculpture consists of 10 steel plates that can be inserted into each other. With these letters you can write in space. This is what the artist calls revolutionary in the history of graffiti writing. The difficulty was to make the letters legible from all sides. In the background we can see “EGO” works by Dare Sigi von Koeding.
Point of view
Graffitecture
Mixed media on wood panel,
art in architecture,
Collaboration with Dare Sigi von Koeding,
Privat apartment Gunter Sachs,
Schlosshotel am Wörthersee, Velden | 2007
This is probably the most important work of Ata Bozaci. It was created in collaboration with Dare Sigi von Koeding and the art collector Gunter Sachs. The artist says with a laugh: “That was a hell of a ride”. This elaborate project consumed three months.
view article in AD Architectural Digest
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Toast cube
Graffitecture
Installation view,
Aspects of Graffiti
Shedhalle, Rote Fabrik, Zürich | 2001
The name “Toast” can be seen on the cube. On each side of the object is one letter placed, so that the letters interlock.
bozaci studio | schöneggstrasse 5 | ch-8004 zürich | contact
