Barbara Buser

For International Women's Day

More visibility for women in architecture: To mark International Women's Day, which is celebrated annually on 8 March, the Detail editorial team presents eight remarkable female architects of our time.

Quickly built and versatile

With the two-part building complex in Bubikon, Zurich studio Baubüro in situ went with prefabrication and flexible layouts. This accelerated the building work; hopefully, the result will be usable for some time.

Used building components

For the Elys cultural and commercial building in Basel's Lysbüchel district, Baubüro in situ had the approx. 1000 m2 wood-framed facade mainly built out of used building components.

Interview

In her projects, Swiss architect Barbara Buser seeks uncomplicated solutions for recycling used building components.

Basel’s S AM examines the phenomenon of river swimming as an adaptation to public space.