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Gallery KH ZH

Zurich

2002-2003

The gallery redesigned and furnished for Kashya Hildebrand, consisting of three rooms, was kept entirely in white. Similar to the New York design, mobile walls were developed to provide large display surfaces while allowing a high degree of flexibility for various exhibition configurations. At the center of the 4-meter-high space stand two voluminous wooden elements. The first box encloses the two existing concrete columns. The second box, identical in size, is movable and can extend, double, or be positioned independently of the fixed box. As a contrast to the strict geometry of the space, a free-form reception desk was designed. Its supporting structure is made of MDF panels spray-coated in white and wrapped in seamless Japanese paper. The semi-transparent skin can be illuminated from within, turning the desk into a glowing element.

Pläne

Phasing

Planning | 2002
Realisation | 2003

Client

Gallery Kashya Hildebrand

Architecture

HILDEBRAND

Team

Thomas Hildebrand (PL), Ursula Kaspar, Miriam Seiler

Planning

Construction Management | Implenia Generalunternehmung (Lph 8)
Engineering | Conzett, Bronzini, Gartmann

Key Data

Procedure | Commission
Surface | 400 m2 GFA
Budget BKP 1–5 | 0.5 M CHF