Our Favourites: Three Swiss buildings by Barozzi Veiga

The extension of the Museum of Fine Arts in Chur, the Tanzhaus on the banks of the Limmat in Zurich and the Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts in Lausanne.

Palladio lives on: Expansion of the Grisons Museum of Fine Arts Chur

In 2012, Barozzi Veiga won the international competition for the expansion of the Grisons Museum of Fine Arts Chur. The project was completed in summer 2016. The building is perfectly integrated into the urban landscape and creates a connection to the original structure, Villa Planta. To achieve this, the architects took up the attributes of the villa and reinterpreted them.
 
Builder: Hochbauamt Kanton Graubünden
Architecture: Barozzi Veiga
Location: Bahnhofstraße 35, CH–7000 Chur

Terraces on the Banks of the Limmat: Tanzhaus Zürich

On the north bank of the Limmat, Barozzi Veiga have most unobtrusively added Tanzhaus Zürich to the topography. Terraces on both levels of the tiered building extend the public space from the riverside pathway up to the street.
Client: Township Zürich
 
Architecture: Barozzi Veiga
Structural engineering: Pöyry Schweiz
Location: Zurich (CH)

Industrial Fragments: Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne by Barozzi Veiga

The Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne by Barozzi Veiga arose from an international competition for the redesign of the Plateforme 10 arts district, whose industrial past as a railway-station plaza is still present in the form of fragmented remains.

Client: Groupe de mandataires MCBA Lausanne
Architecture: Barozzi Veiga
Location: PLATEFORME 10, Place de la Gare 16, 1003 Lausanne (CH)