Christ & Gantenbein Swiss national museum extension, Zurich

The Swiss National Museum is expanded and thus enabled to show changing exhibitions dedicated to recent Swiss history. The concrete walls of the new building form a bridge that closes the U-shaped existing building and proposes a new path within the museum. The roof landscape of the extension clearly refers to the wild pitched-roofs composition of the original. The extension establishes a relationship to the surrounding park and emphasizes the view axis to the museum courtyard. Thus the building adapts to local architectural circumstances and forms a corresponding ensemble with the historic part