Winning Project for the Kunsthaus Zurich Extension

David Chipperfield's winning project for the Kunsthaus Zurich extension is a striking formulation of the plan for a 21st-century museum to meet the demands of art and the general public alike.

The jury has now recommended that the project be further developed.

From 16 December 2008 until 11 January 2009, Chipperfield's design will be shown at the Kunsthaus Zurich together with those of the runners-up - Gigon / Guyer, Max Dudler and Grazioli / Krischanitz - as well as all other submissions.

The project submitted by the renowned architect David Chipperfield was selected by a large majority on 7 November 2008 as the winner of the competition for an extension to the Kunsthaus.

The international jury found the design's pristine elegance offers the best solution to the planned museum's needs, as set out in the Competition Brief, in terms of both content and urban planning: the arrangement and construction of its exhibition rooms are convincing, its visitor management and operational organization are both exemplary, and it complies with all security provisions.

It provides for outstanding lighting and, in conformance with the demands of building ecology, promises an excellent energy balance sheet.

The design of its facades, conceived as modules and featuring logical details, is among the best of the solutions proposed.

The construction's monolithic volume will lend a strikingly urban note to Heimplatz.