Tiffany Johnson - Fall 2013 - Heidi Weber Museum Case Study

Heidi Weber Museum Centre Le Corbusier

Tiffany Johnson Prof. Frederick Cooke Architecture Studio I

HISTORY

The Heidi Weber Museum or Centre Le Courbusier is an art museum completed in 1967 located in Zurich, Switzerland designed by Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris). In 1960, the building was mandated by Heidi Weber who was a Swiss art collector and patron. A year after that the first drafts of the drawings for the building called for Corbusier’s trademark use of concrete but eventually the concept was changed to a steel building. The building is framed with steel and glass which is a radical change from his use of concrete and stone. The roof consists of two square steel parts. The two steel parts are similar to parasols with one facing up and the other facing down.

These parasols provided coverage during construction and for the building. The steel frame consists of 7.4ft x 7.4ft cubes with walls, windows, ceilings, and floors that are screwed on to the frame. The exterior walls are made of 3.7ft x 7.4ft enameled panels.

scale: 1/16” = 1’ - 0”

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Level 1

scale: 1/16” = 1’ - 0”

Orthographic Drawings

Level 2

Roof

scale: 1/16” = 1’ - 0”

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Roof Terrace

scale: 1/16” = 1’ - 0”

Site Plan Scale

scale: 1/16” = 1’ - 0”

Section A

scale: 1/16” = 1’ - 0”

North Elevation

scale: 1/16” = 1’ - 0”

South Elevation

scale: 1/16” = 1’ - 0”

West Elevation

scale: 1/16” = 1’ - 0”

East Elevation

scale: 1/16” = 1’ - 0”

Diagrams

Wall/Glass

Wall Glass

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Private/Public

Private Public

Structure

Steel Concrete

Renderings

Model