Broken Chair is a monumental wooden sculpture in Geneva, Switzerland, opposite the Palace of Nations. Swiss artist Daniel Berset designed it, and carpenter Louis Genève built it. Paul Vermeulen of Handicap International Switzerland commissioned it in October 1996, and it was first erected on August 18, 1997.
The sculpture depicts a giant chair with a broken leg. Carpenter Louis Genève built the wooden structure to the design of the Swiss artist Daniel Berset, who is the only designer the article names. It stands 39 feet (12 meters) tall and is made of 5.5 tons of wood.
It is a protest against landmines and cluster bombs. The commission came from Handicap International Switzerland. The article names wood as the only material and gives no architectural style.
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