Foundation 23 - Re-materializing Construction

22 Keynote speech Christine Binswanger has realized many challenging projects during her career as an architect. She addressed an aspect that of- ten receives too little attention in the sustainability discussion. “We need to make cities and we need to make buildings that people love, that people want to use, that people want to take care of, that Serving many masters Architects are service providers: They must fulfil the tasks entrusted to them by their clients. Swiss architect Christine Binswanger believes that architects furthermore bear the responsibility to convince clients con- cerning relevant matters of sustainability. Work on the summit station of the gondola cableway at Chäserrugg, Switzerland, was executed under special conditions and restrictions. “We need to make cities and we need to make buildings that people love.”