Renzo Piano Building Workshop 02 Beyeler. Fondation Beyeler -9788862640015

描述

1997, Basel, Switzerland.
Again a museum, this time surrounded by greenery, and again a great client: the collector Ernst Beyeler. The evolution of the theme of natural light from above. A lightweight glass roof selects and filters natural light, redistributing it in the exhibition spaces. Designing and verifying: the history of prototypes. A space made up of compressions and expansions, horizontal and inclined planes, calm and tension. A place of “luxe, calme et volupté” as Beyeler wanted his museum to be.

 

Fondation Beyeler, the second volume in the series, was issued in 2008.

The story of the project starts from the background to the first conjectural ideas for the project, revealing the long and complex research, never recounted before, that led to the construction of this museum.

A journey told in images, through previously unpublished sketches and drawings, study and presentation models, scientific experiments with light, sound and materials, so coming to the construction site, the completed building and the spaces lived in. The closing text, recorded live from Renzo Piano’s own voice, reveals everything that went on behind the scenes, including relations with the client Ernst Beyeler, who wanted a space perfectly integrated into the natural setting for his works. The consequent design choice made the works the true protagonists of the space in this extraordinary collection.

The book guides the reader through the development of the project and its construction.