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Welcome to the website of the Kunsthaus extension, where you can keep track of the project as it progresses.
14.12.2011
City contribution and layout plan of the Kunsthaus Extension
The city council is filing an application with the municipal council for approval by the voting population requesting an investment contribution of 88 million francs and participation in the covering of non-recurring pre-production costs for the expansion project of 5 million francs. The city council requests a future annual increase of 7,5 million francs in city contributions in order to cover the running costs of the Kunsthaus as of 2017 and to maintain the new addition. Concurrently the city council submits the public layout plan for the building site to the municipal council for deliberation and decision.
12.12.2011
The cantonal council approves 30 million and the land parcel
The canton of Zurich supports the extension of the Kunsthaus with 30 million francs. With 154 votes against one, the cantonal parliament has approved the contribution from the lottery fund to the Stiftung Zürcher Kunsthaus. It also provides the necessary building site valued at 15 million Swiss francs available on a leasehold basis for a term of 80 years.
06.09.2011
Preliminary design project approved. Vote in 2012. Opening in 2017
The preliminary design project for the extension to the Kunsthaus Zürich is now complete. The design by David Chipperfield’s team of architects has assumed its definitive form. The timetable provides for the electorate to vote on the project in 2012, with the Kunsthaus extension opening in 2017. It will create space for a dynamic, regularly changing presentation of the collection of post-1960 art, attractive temporary exhibitions, and the new speciality of French painting and Impressionism.
During the preliminary design project, the basic architectural concept of the winning submission was refined and adapted to meet the needs of its future users. Further details were also added to the timetable and cost estimate for realization of the project. The cost target is CHF 178.8 million.
In line with the recommendations made by the city’s structural engineering department, the above-ground and below-ground volume of the new building has been reduced in all its dimensions and the area in front of it facing Heimplatz enlarged, so that the new construction will appear smaller in the context of the urban landscape than was originally envisaged. The Kunsthaus, in its capacity as user/operator, has presented the key points of its business plan. The forecast additional expenditure will be covered by maintaining the existing high level of internal financing (over 50 percent) in combination with the increased subsidy set out in the city of Zurich’s cultural mission statement.
02.02.2011
At the behest of the Head of the Department of Finance, Zurich City Government hereby undertakes to provide oversight of the Foundation for the Advancement of the Kunsthaus Extension, within the meaning of art. 84 of the Swiss Civil Code (ZGB).
26.01.2011
45 objections submitted to planned design
There have been 45 separate objections submitted to the planned design of the Kunsthaus Zürich extension, many of which contain the same demand: that architect David Chipperfield’s new structure be set back several metres.
The city, which will examine all objections, has decided to treat the multiple identical submissions in consultation with the group known as ‘Open Pfauen’. In the event that it rejects a given demand it undertakes to provide justification in the form of a report presented to city legislature together with the design plan.
09.11.2010
Kunsthaus Extension - Design plans available to the public
The design plans for the Kunsthaus Zürich extension project are available to the public for public debate from November 10th until January 24th 2011. After this procedure, eventual objections will be collected, processed and incorporated in a report for the city council.
18.10.2010
Creation of the Foundation for the Advancement of the Kunsthaus Extension
The Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft has committed itself to contributing CHF 75 million in private funds to the Kunsthaus Extension, to which end it has created a foundation for the collection of donations. Its purpose: booking incoming funds, supervising their use in keeping with statutes – exclusively to finance the Extension – and ensuring the provision to donors of all tax advantages associated with donating to the Foundation. President of the Foundation Board is Franz J. Kessler, Attorney at Law.
The first phase will involve accepting major donations from foundations and business enterprises.
