Susanne Vécsey

susanne.vecsey[at]vsarch.ch

Susanne Vécsey studied at ETH Zurich from 1997 to 2002. She worked in offices in Barcelona, Rotterdam and Basel. Together with Christoph Schmidt, she founded Vécsey Schmidt Architekten in Basel in 2007. From 2009 to 2011, she was an assistant to Emanuel Christ and Christoph Gantenbein at the Accademia di architettura di Mendrisio and at ETH Zurich. As part of a scholarship, she lived and worked at the Swiss Institute in Rome from 2012 to 2013. In 2017 and 2018 she was a board member of the BSA Basel Section. From 2017-2022, Susann Vécsey was Professor of Design and Construction at the FHNW Institute of Architecture. Since 2023, she has been a member of the Lucerne City Building Commission and the Academic Council of the Basel Music Academy.

Christoph Schmidt

christoph.schmidt[at]vsarch.ch

Christoph Schmidt completed a carpentry apprenticeship near Freiburg in 1997 and studied from 1997-2003 at the TU Dresden under Ivan Reimann and at the ETH Zurich under Hans Kollhoff and Miroslav Sik. He has worked in offices in New York, Basel and Liechtenstein. Together with Susann Vécsey, he founded Vécsey Schmidt Architekten in Basel in 2007. From 2008 to 2010, Christoph Schmidt worked at the design department of Paul Kahlfeldt in Dortmund. He received a scholarship for the Istituto Svizzero and lived and worked in Rome from 2012 - 2013.

Juri Schönenberger / Associate

juri.schoenenberger[at]vsarch.ch

D +41 61 511 48 26

After training as a draughtsman in Chur, Juri Schönenberger studied architecture at the Accademia di architettura in Mendrisio and worked for Christ & Gantenbein Architekten, Buol & Zünd Architekten and the Kunstgiesserei in St. Gallen during his time as a student. After graduating, he worked for Sven Richter Architekt and August Künzel Landschaftsarchitekten before joining the team at Vécsey*Schmidt Architekt*innen in 2016. Juri Schönenberger has been an Associate since 2023.