Renzo Piano Museum Roof Beyeler

The kimbell art museum s original building was designed by louis.

Renzo piano museum roof beyeler.

Project description from atelier fcjz. In his essay renzo piano gives us a very personal account of the design process and reveals how closely ernst beyeler was involved in the planning. The swiss architect was chosen. Surrounded by elms and red oaks renzo piano s 101 130 square foot colonnaded pavilion stands as an expression of simplicity and lightness glass concrete and wood some 65 yards to the west of louis i.

Piano takes us all the way through the building of the museum from initial ideas and sketches through the practical challenges of construction to the inauguration of the fondation beyeler. The architecture of the museum is an additional visual pleasure renzo piano designed it. Images by nic lehoux robert polidori robert laprelle aerial photography inc. Serene and tranquil both inside and out the building is exciting in itself without in any way competing with the art it displays.

At the start of planning renzo piano proposed a building made of three wings adapted to the terrain. The new museum was built by the genovese architect renzo piano whose work includes the centre pompidou in paris over a period of around three years. Renzo piano has built for the beyeler foundation probably the most civilized art gallery or museum in the world. In his home town of riehen ernst beyeler found a plot that had the connection to nature that he was looking for.

The office of peter zumthor has been selected to design an expansion to the beyeler foundation located just outside zumthor s childhood home of basel switzerland. The building of the museum was financed by a non profit making foundation set up by hildy and ernst beyeler in 1982 which also supports the fondation beyeler financially. Kahn s signature cycloid vaulted museum of 1972. Completed in 2013 in fort worth united states.

The beautiful grounds of the villa berower estate was ideal setting for a museum in which art and nature should harmonize. Not to be discounted when the summer heat of basel is oppressive and very little in the country of switzerland is air conditioned fondation beyeler is a refreshing oasis with its excellent climate control.