Heidi Bucher (1926–1993[3]) was a Swiss artist interested in exploring architectural space and the body through sculpture.

The large-scale, wearable works blurred the boundary between sculpture and apparel, and they were featured on the cover of Harper's Bazaar.

In the mid-1970s she began experimenting with a new technique, in which she soaked gauze sheets in latex rubber, and used them to cast the interior surfaces of the rooms of her grandparents' house in Winterthur, Switzerland.

"[4] In the 1981 film Räume sind Hüllen, sind Häute, showcased at the Swiss Institute, New York, Bucher captured the process of peeling off latex skins from architectural spaces, specifically her grandparents’ house, transforming everyday surfaces like walls and floors.

[9] Bucher's casting method, especially in works from the early 1980s, included slender bamboo poles to create relief in the latex skins, a technique not widely mentioned in official records.