Heidi Weber Museum Roof

A metallic independent roof in the form of a double umbrella.

Heidi weber museum roof.

Its arrangement reflects the theory of infinite growth something that had been proposed in museums in tokyo and chandigarh. First two cubes with sides of enameled steel panels and glass. The pavillon le corbusier is a swiss art museum in zürich seefeld at zürichhorn dedicated to the work of the swiss architect le corbusier in 1960 heidi weber had the vision to establish a museum designed by le corbusier this building should exhibit his works of art in an ideal environment created by the architect himself in the then centre le corbusier or heidi weber museum. The roof of the building is the sum of all these parallel antecedents and experiments.

Above them but structurally separate a massive gray steel umbrella or parasol. It is the last building designed by the important architect and his only building made of steel and glass. Under the roof the body of the museum is organized in cubic modules of 2 26 meters per side corresponding to the measurements of the modulor. Of course there were many positive votes but also plenty of negative.

And as this is in such a way the negative voices found particularly big attention in the daily press. The structure of the building is in two parts. Otherwise municipal officials stated that the museum s name centre le corbusier heidi weber museum was damned by mrs weber 1 in mid may 2016 heidi weber vacated the museum and removed images sketches sculptures tapestry furniture the original models of the building and an archive of corbusier s letters and notes after. The pavillon le corbusier on lake zurich is considered an architectural jewel.

A total area of 12 x 26 3 meters it was created using welded metal sheets that were 5 mm thick. Also known as the centre le corbusier the heidi weber pavilion was completed after corbusier s death and is now a rarely open museum and gallery. The building was initiated by heidi weber who commissioned le corbusier and oversaw its completion in 1967. It s like two buildings for a start with a huge overarching roof a double parasol as le corbusier called it one sloping upward the other downward that shelters the pavilion itself.