Interview

14:00 minutes
Swiss German/Subtitles English

At her home in Zurich, Verena Huber talks about her parents' house - the Huber House on Hackberg in Riehen (BL) is a showpiece of avant-garde modernism - and about her view of living as an open process.

After training as an interior and furniture designer under Willy Guhl at the Zurich School of Arts and Crafts (now ZHdK), Verena Huber worked as a construction manager for Expo 64 in Lausanne. Because she did not want to furnish apartments for rich clients, she set up a housing consultancy for everyone and, together with the Swiss Werkbund, was committed to housing that was determined by the residents.