2024-11-15T08:37:14-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150118252/chasper-schmidlin-and-lukas-voellmy-discuss-the-design-process-for-muzeum-susch-a-gallery-built-deep-into-the-swiss-alps Ellen Hancock 2019-01-25T09:27:00-05:00 >2019-01-29T05:27:54-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/10/10a3a116160ae5b11a43629e9ef20589.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150118156/the-muzeum-susch-is-an-alpine-chalet-primitive-grotto-and-bond-villain-s-lair-in-one" target="_blank">Muzeum Susch</a>,&nbsp;founded by&nbsp;Gra&#380;yna Kulczyk, is a new gallery&nbsp;in a remote town in the Engadin Valley designed by the young duo <a href="http://www.voellmyschmidlin.com/" target="_blank">Chasper Schmidlin and Lukas Voellmy</a>, who previously designed the <a href="https://www.vonbartha.com/" target="_blank">Von Bartha Gallery</a> in Basel. The original building, set on a sloping hillside, has always been integral to the community it is situated within. Prior uses have included a vicarage, a hospice, a monastery, and, in the 19th century, an industrial brewery building. Working with the existing geology of the site, Schmidlin and Voellmy have created a dynamic space that weaves its way through the mountain, tunneling into the existing building&mdash;paying homage to its past while creating interventions and new spaces for its contemporary future. Below, the two talk about their process and what they hope the legacy of Muzeum Susch will be.&nbsp;</p>