Article source: Barozzi / Veiga 

The extension of the Villa Planta, which will accommodate the Bündner Kunstmuseum, is an exercise of integration within an urban ensemble. Despite the stringent limitations of the plot, the design strives to minimize its exterior volume by inverting the program’s logical order. Hence, a new public space is generated that incorporates the garden that surrounds the Villa and is integrated with the gardens of the nearby buildings.

Image Courtesy © Simon Menges

• Architects: Barozzi / Veiga (Fabrizio Barozzi , Alberto Veiga)
• Project: BKM – Bündner Kunst museum
• Location: Chur, Switzerland
  Photography: Simon Menges
• Client: Hochbauamt Kanton Graubünden
• Project leader: Katrin Baumgarten
• Project team: Paola Calcavecchia, Shin Hye Kwang, Maria Eleonora Maccari, Anna Mallen, Verena Recla, Laura Rodriguez, Ivanna Sanjuan, Arnau Sastre, Cecilia Vielba
• Local architect: Schwander & Sutter Architekten
• Project manager: Walter Dietsche Baumanagement AG
• Landscape Architect: Paolo Bürgi Landschaftsarchitekt
• Structural engineer: Ingenieurbüro Flütsch
• Services engineers: Waldhauser Haustechnik AG, Brüniger + Co. AG, Niedermann Planung GmbH
• Façade consultant: x-made SLP
• Lighting consultant: MichaelJosefHeusi GmbH

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