Katja Theinkom
Series · since 2011

Ordinatio

Site-specific works between space, colour and perception.

Ordinatio is an ongoing series of works in public space, developed since 2011. Each work is created for a specific site and responds to its architecture, use and atmosphere.

Different materials, scales and forms of appearance are brought together by a shared question: how can space, colour, structure and perception enter into relation with one another?

The works are numbered consecutively, extending the series from site to site. Each new project stands on its own while remaining part of a larger context.

I
Ordinatio I — Forecourt, Kaiserslautern Tax Office

Ordinatio I

Two stainless-steel forms enter into a relationship with light, shadow and façade, changing their effect over the course of day and evening.

2011  ·  Forecourt, Kaiserslautern Tax Office
Stainless steel, glass, light
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II
Ordinatio II — Münchfeld School, Mainz

Ordinatio II

A stainless-steel form with controllable light and a precisely fitted painted form explore the relationship between materiality and immateriality on the wall.

2013  ·  Münchfeld School, Mainz
Stainless steel, paint, lighting technology
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III
Ordinatio III — Bretzenheim Süd Day-Care Centre, Mainz

Ordinatio III

Lines, planes and colour take up the vertical rhythm of the louvred façade and develop it into a spatial composition between building and open space.

2022  ·  Bretzenheim Süd Day-Care Centre, Mainz
Aluminium sheet, 8 mm, painted
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IV
Ordinatio IV — Zagrebplatz Day-Care Centre, Mainz

Ordinatio IV

Individually painted louvres combine to form a single shape. Readable as separate elements, they develop their own dynamic together and alter the perception of the façade.

2022  ·  Zagrebplatz Day-Care Centre, Mainz
Painted wooden louvres
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V
Nest – Ordinatio V — Landgraf-Ludwig-Realschule plus and College of Technology & Design, Pirmasens

Nest – Ordinatio V

Lines, colour and spatial interventions take up the movements within the building. Together they create concentrations, directions and a new rhythm in space.

2025  ·  Landgraf-Ludwig-Realschule plus and College of Technology & Design, Pirmasens
10 painted aluminium round tubes
Wall surfaces: grey emulsion paint
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VI
Spur – Ordinatio VI — Egbert Primary School, Trier

Spur – Ordinatio VI

Colour interventions take up routes, lines of sight and transitions. They connect different areas of the school and create orientation, rhythm and spatial tension.

2026  ·  Egbert Primary School, Trier
Painted wall and ceiling surfaces
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