Center Le Corbusier

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Center Le Corbusier
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The Heidi Weber Museum - Center Le Corbusier is the last building designed by the architect Le Corbusier and constructed by Jean Prouvé and was built by Heidi Weber. It is located on the east bank of Lake Zurich , on Höschgasse, between the Riesbach harbor and the Zürichhorn .

In 1960, the then 33-year-old Swiss interior designer, art publisher, art collector, gallery owner and patron Heidi Weber commissioned Le Corbusier to design a museum building for her as a “total work of art”. Le Corbusier built his last structure and his only one in steel and glass between 1964 and 1967.

The resulting exhibition building represents a radical change in style by the master, who commissioned Weber to build a building made of colorful, effective steel and glass elements. The roof, floating freely over the actual building structure, sets a special accent and is intended to protect visitors equally from sun and rain.

The "Heidi Weber Museum - Center Le Corbusier" was housed inside until May 2016, in which the life and work of Le Corbusier were exhibited and documented with works from Weber's private collection.

The entirety of architecture, interior design, paintings and sculptures from Weber's private collection of Le Corbusier's works from 50 years conveyed Le Corbusier as a universal genius.

The Center Le Corbusier was built by Weber on public land, which the City of Zurich ceded to it for 50 years under building rights. The building therefore became the property of the City of Zurich in May 2014, after it waived its dismantling or compensation, both in favor of a foundation to be established by the city. Weber withdrew her collection from the house in May 2016. The reason was the non-compliance with the agreements by the city of Zurich, for which Weber explained her point of view in an open letter to Mayor Mauch on January 28, 2017. Another point of contention is the existing inscription "Heidi Weber House by Le Corbusier", while the city wanted to use the name "Pavillon Le Corbusier" for the public appearance.

From 2019 the building will be run as a public museum under the name Pavillon Le Corbusier on behalf of the City of Zurich by the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich .

literature

  • Harold von Kursk: Monument for a Distant Woman , in FAZ, May 11, 2019, p. 11 (Statement on the name dispute 2019)

Web links

Commons : Center Le Corbusier  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Heidi Weber & Le Corbusier http://www.heidiweber-centrelecorbusier.com , accessed on August 1, 2016.
  2. ↑ Chronicle of the Center
  3. ↑ Benno Gasser. The hour of truth. In: Tages-Anzeiger , August 21, 2013.
  4. ↑ Irène Troxler: Corbusier House in Zurich - dispute over architectural icon escalates. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , May 30, 2016.
  5. ↑ heidiweber-centrelecorbusier.com: Offener_Brief
  6. ↑ https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/kultur/de/index/institutionen/lecorbusier.html


Coordinates: 47 ° 21 '22.86 "  N , 8 ° 33' 4.03"  E ; CH1903:  684048  /  245651