Kunsthaus Zürich Museum Extension / David Chipperfield Architects

Curated by Paula Pintos

Architects: David Chipperfield Architects
Area: 23300 m²
Year: 2020
Photographs:Noshe
Manufacturers: Holcim

Category: Museum, Extension
Partners: David Chipperfield, Christoph Felger (Design lead), Harald Müller
Project Architects : Hans Krause (Competition, Concept design), Barbara Koller (Schematic design, Design development, Technical design), Jan Parth (Technical design, Site design supervision), Markus Bauer (Deputy project architect, 2009 – 2014), Robert Westphal (Deputy project architect, 2015 – 2020)
Project Team : Wolfgang Baumeister, Leander Bulst, Beate Dauth, Kristen Finke, Pavel Frank, Anne Hengst, Ludwig Jahn, Frithjof Kahl, Guido Kappius, Jan-Philipp Neuer, Mariska Rohde, Diana Schaffrannek, Eva-Maria Stadelmann, Marc Warrington; Graphics, Visualisation: Konrad Basan, Dalia Liksaite, Maude Orban, Ken Polster, Antonia Schlegel, Simon Wiesmaier, Ute Zscharnt
Competition Team : Ivan Dimitrov, Kristen Finke, Annette Flohrschütz, Pavel Frank, Gesche Gerber, Peter von Matuschka, Sebastian von Oppen, Mariska Rohde, Franziska Rusch, Lilli Scherner, Lani Tran Duc, Marc Warrington; Graphics, Visualisation: Dalia Liksaite, Antonia Schlegel, Ute Zscharnt
Executive Architect : b + p baurealisation ag, Zurich (Procurement, Construction supervision), Project architects: David Michel, Christian Gruober
Overall Management : Niels Hochuli, Dreicon AG, Zurich
Structural Engineer : IGB Ingenieurgruppe Bauen, Karlsruhe dsp - Ingenieure & Planer AG, Greifensee Ingenieurgemeinschaft Kunsthauserweiterung, Zurich
Services Engineer : Polke, Ziege, von Moos AG, Zurich Hefti. Hess. Martignoni. Holding AG, Aarau
Building Physics : Kopitsis Bauphysik AG, Wohlen
Fire Consultant : Gruner AG, Basel ContiSwiss, Zurich
Facade Consultant : Emmer Pfenninger Partner AG, Munchenstein
Signage: L2M3 Kommunikationsdesign GmbH, Stuttgart
Landscape Architect : Wirtz International nv, Schoten KOLB Landschaftsarchitektur GmbH, Zurich
Lighting Consultant: matí AG Lichtgestaltung, Adliswil (Artificial light) Institut für Tageslichttechnik, Stuttgart (Daylight) L2M3 Kommunikationsdesign GmbH, Stuttgart
City: Zürich
Country: Switzerland

Text description provided by the architects. The new Kunsthaus Zürich extension expands the existing Kunsthaus museum, situated between the Grossmünster church and the university. The Kunsthaus Zürich now represents the largest art museum in Switzerland, comprising four buildings from different eras – the Moser building (1910), the Pfister building (1958), the Müller building (1976), and now the Chipperfield extension (2020). The new freestanding building houses the collection of classic modernism, the Bührle collection, temporary exhibitions, and art from 1960 onwards.