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Welcome to the website of the Kunsthaus extension, where you can keep track of the project as it progresses.
28.10.2009
Project Partnership formed for Kunsthaus Expansion
On the 27th of October, at the conclusion of the architectural competition for the Kunsthaus Zürich expansion, the organizing committee of the expansion project restructured itself into a simple project partnership. Partners and hence principals are the city of Zurich, the association Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft (ZKG) and the foundation Stiftung Zürcher Kunsthaus (SZK).
With the establishment of the Project Partnership for the Kunsthaus Expansion (Einfache Gesellschaft Kunsthaus Erweiterung, EGKE), the public and private partners of the Kunsthaus Zurich Expansion Project have set up an organization which is to assist in the project's beginning phases. Having set the goal of realizing the expansion at the Heimplatz by 2015, the EGKE will develop the private design plans, will secure the financing and will oversee the construction project, as well as being in charge of public relations and outreach.
24.09.2009
More open, greener, better. The winning project after revision.
David Chipperfield’s winning design for the Kunsthaus extension has been optimized in line with the jury’s recommendations for its function within the fabric of the city as a whole, and with regard to its internal organization. The revision addresses all of the recommendations made by the jury. The partners and future principals of the Kunsthaus extension – the Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft, the city of Zurich and the Stiftung Zürcher Kunsthaus – have now been presented with a better project, greener and more open: in a word, feasible. At the end of October the partners will establish a project corporation.
15.12.2008
Winning project presented, Exhibition of competition submissions
David Chipperfield’s winning project for the Kunsthaus Zürich extension is a striking formulation of the plan for a 21st-century museum to meet the demands of art and the general public alike. The Kunsthaus extension's partners – the Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft, the city of Zurich, and the Stiftung Zürcher Kunsthaus – presented it on a press conference on 15 December. The project submitted by the renowned architect David Chipperfield was selected by a large majority as the winner of the competition for an extension to the Kunsthaus. The international jury found the design’s pristine elegance offers the best solution to the planned museum’s needs, in terms of both content and urban planning. According to the jury’s report, the extension will serve both the art world and the public well.
All 20 submissions to the competition were shown from 16 December 2008 until 11 January 2009 in the lecture hall of the Kunsthaus Zürich. 6000 visitors have seen the exhibition.
Information about David Chipperfield Architects is available at www.davidchipperfield.co.uk.
7.11.2008
David Chipperfield Architects wins competition for an extension to the Kunsthaus Zürich
A jury presided over by Walter B. Kielholz and moderated by Prof. Carl Fingerhuth has declared the project submitted by David Chipperfield Architects the winner of the competition to design an extension to the Kunsthaus Zürich. The Kunsthaus extension's partners – the Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft, the city of Zurich, and the Stiftung Zürcher Kunsthaus – will present the winning project at a joint press conference to be held on 15 December. All 20 projects submitted will then be made available for public viewing from 16 December 2008 until 11 January 2009 at the Kunsthaus.
