Designing low-carbon architecture with strategies that combine sufficiency, efficiency, and circularity, to limit impacts on the climate while simultaneously adapting to the consequences of its change.
«Building on the momentum generated by the construction of the FSO, the architects initiated a discussion on the potential of using sustainable development as a unifying theme for the urban regeneration of the entire station plateau in Neuchâtel. (…) They focused on topics such as decentralized energy networks and integrated mobility concepts – issues that are now central to urban planning, while twenty years ago, hardly anyone referred to them in the context of concrete projects.»
Judith Solt, «Des visionnaires pragmatiques» in ArchiSTORM, Hors-série 28, 2017.
«(…) We visited the building of the Federal Statistical Office (FSO), which had just been completed by Bauart on the station plateau in Neuchâtel. More than its aesthetic, what struck me was the building’s exemplary bioclimatic approach. It clearly demonstrates how engineering expertise enriches architecture. I’m thinking in particular of the work done on natural ventilation, passive night cooling, and the integration of renewable energy – features that appear in many of Bauart’s projects.»
Pascal Gontier, «La durabilité comme partie intégrante de l’art de bâtir» in ArchiSTORM, Hors-série 28, 2017.
«When people boast about building super-houses with low energy consumption, they often forget the impact on other dimensions of sustainability. (…) The members of Bauart have not embraced the philosophy of sustainability for marketing reasons. They implement it, they work at it diligently. They think before they act. That is their signature.»
Holger Wallbaum, cité dans Walter Däpp, Bauart Booklet #008, Epilogue, Stämpfli. 2013.