In December the Swiss federal parliament, as well as the state and municipal governments of Zurich, approved funding for an extension to the Swiss National Museum. Groundbreaking on the 111 million CFH ($93.5 million) addition, designed by the Basel, Switzerland–based Christ & Gantenbein Architects, will take place in 2010 with completion scheduled for 2013.
The extension will add approximately 79,000 square feet to the original museum, which is located at the head of Platzspitz Park in downtown Zurich, adjacent to the city’s central train station. It also will serve to reconfigure the circulation of the historic building, completed in 1898 by Zurich chief architect Gustav Gull. The plan of the complex suggests a Greek key, with two courtyards facing opposite directions. Christ & Gantenbein’s faceted, bridge-like contribution will link the two disparate parts and stitch together their interiors so that visitors can circulate through the museum in a continuous loop.
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