KUB Collection Showcase Architectural Models by Peter Zumthor ...

Press release
KUB Collection
Showcase
Architectural Models
by Peter Zumthor
Will continue to be on
view in 2013
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In response to popular demand, Peter Zumthor’s archi-
tectural projects will continue to be on view in the KUB
Collection Showcase in 2013.
In presenting Peter Zumthor’s architectural models the
Kunsthaus Bregenz is opening a part of its hitherto little-
known collection to a broader public. Few are aware that
even before the opening of the Kunsthaus in 1997 pur-
chase of works by contemporary Austrian artists as well as
works at the crossroad of art and architecture by inter-
national artists had already begun. Significant donations
by Donald Judd, Per Kirkeby, and others to accompany
exhibitions and publications with the KUB have further
extended the collection. Moreover, in the past three years
there has been a policy of purchasing works from the big
solo exhibitions or of artists donating them to the
institution as a form of return service.
One of the largest groups of works in the collection con-
sists of architectural models by Peter Zumthor. Some of
these exhibits have been in storage at the KUB since the
architect’s solo exhibition in 2007. Further models have
been or are still being added to the collection as
permanent loans.
A selection of these models by Peter Zumthor has been on
show since June 2012 in the 200-square-meter space on
the first floor of the Post Office building directly adjacent
to the Kunsthaus Bregenz. The curatorial conception and
design of this showcase has been developed in close con-
sultation with Peter Zumthor by Thomas Durisch. Realized
buildings as well as projects that remained in the design
stage will be on show. In its variety the exhibition demon-
strates the outstanding role that working with models and
original materials such as wood, metal, or clay play in
Peter Zumthor’s studio.
In addition to the majority of exhibits, which are presented
on a system of display shelves specially designed for the
purpose by the architect, three specimen projects will be
individually displayed. These three projects, all involving
cultural spaces in the broadest sense of the word, are of
recent date. All three buildings serve in different ways as
gathering places for the presentation of cultural products
such as handicrafts and music or (Redevelopment of De
Meelfabriek, Leiden) revitalize an industrial heritage. Two
of the projects (Werkraumhaus, Andelsbuch, and New Town
Gate, Isny) are also notable for their geographical closeness
to Bregenz.
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Architectural Tour
Sunday, December 2, December 16, December 30, 2012
January 6, January 20, 20113, 11 a.m.
Architectural tour Kunsthaus Bregenz and KUB Collection
Showcase, Post Office, Seestraße 5, Bregenz (Entrance from
the Kornmarktstraße side, alongside the Nepomuk Chapel).
Meeting point: KUB reception desk. Tour charge 5.– EUR
If you wish to book an individually arranged tour please be
sure to ring and give advance notification.
Lisa Hann | ext. -415
l.hann@kunsthaus-bregenz.at
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Short biography
Peter Zumthor
1943 Born in Basel, trained as cabinetmaker in his father’s
workshop and studied design and architecture at the
Kunstgewerbeschule, Basel, and the Pratt Institute, New
York. Since 1979 he has had his own architectural practice
in Haldenstein, Graubünden, Switzerland.
Visiting professorships at South California Institute of
Architecture, SCI-ARC, Los Angeles, 1988; at the Technical
University, Munich, 1989; and at the Graduate School of
Design, GSD, Harvard University, Boston, 1999. From 1996
to 2008 professor at the Accademia di architettura,
Università della Svizzera italiana, Mendrisio.
Major buildings
Protective housing for Roman excavations, Chur, 1986;
Saint Benedict Chapel, Sumvitg, 1988; Truog House,
Gugalun, Versam, 1994; Thermal Bath, Vals, 1996;
Kunsthaus Bregenz, 1997; Klangkörper Schweiz, Swiss
Pavilion, Expo 2000, Hannover, 2000; Kolumba Art
Museum, Cologne, 2007; Brother Klaus Field Chapel,
Wachendorf, Eifel, 2007; Steilneset, Memorial for the
Victims of the Witch Trials in the Finnmark, Vardø, Norway,
2011; Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, London, 2011.
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Venue of the presentation
Architectural Models by Peter Zumthor
KUB Collection Showcase
Seestraße 5 | 6900 Bregenz | Austria
Phone +43-5574-485 94-0 | Fax +43-5574-485 94-408
kub@kunsthaus-bregenz.at | www.kunsthaus-bregenz.at
Entrance from the Kornmarktstraße side,
alongside the Nepomuk Chapel
Curator of the presentation
Architectural Models by Peter Zumthor
Thomas Durisch
Organizer
Kunsthaus Bregenz
Director
Yilmaz Dziewior
Chief Executive
Werner Döring
Curator
Rudolf Sagmeister
Curator of the KUB Arena
Eva Birkenstock
Communications
Birgit Albers | ext. -413
b.albers@kunsthaus-bregenz.at
Press photos to download
www.kunsthaus-bregenz.at
Art Education
Winfried Nußbaummüller | ext. -417
w.nussbaummueller@kunsthaus-bregenz.at
Publications | editions
Katrin Wiethege | ext. -411
k.wiethege@kunsthaus-bregenz.at
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Sales Editions
Caroline Schneider | ext. -444
c.schneider@kunsthaus-bregenz.at
Opening hours
Tuesday to Sunday 10 a.m. — 6 p.m.
Thursday 10 a.m. — 9 p.m.
July 13 to September 1 daily 10 a.m. — 8 p.m.
Ticket Office ext. -433
Admission | Tickets at the KUB counter
Adults 6.– EUR
Reductions 5.– EUR
Free admission for children and adolescents (19 and under)
Combined Ticket Kunsthaus Bregenz and
KUB Collection Showcase 11.– EUR
Combined Ticket reduced 8.50 EUR
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