Heidi Weber Museum Roof

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

Heidi weber museum roof. 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. Its arrangement reflects the theory of infinite growth something that had been proposed in museums in tokyo and chandigarh. The structure of the building is in two parts. And as this is in such a way the negative voices found particularly big attention in the daily press.

During the building permit phase of the museum there was much wrangling and heated debates in the local council of the city of zurich. A total area of 12 x 26 3 meters it was created using welded metal sheets that were 5 mm thick. It is the last building designed by the important architect and his only building made of steel and glass. The building was initiated by heidi weber who commissioned le corbusier and oversaw its completion in 1967.

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. 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. The pavillon le corbusier on lake zurich is considered an architectural jewel. Above them but structurally separate a massive gray steel umbrella or parasol.

A floating parasol roof structure and beneath it a two story rectilinear volume sitting on a concrete pavilion floor. 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. 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. Of course there were many positive votes but also plenty of negative.