Aargauer Kunsthaus
Park and Museum Two salient urban features define the space in the immediate environs of the Aargauer Kunsthaus: the historical ensemble of government buildings with their expansive staircases and terraces, and the spacious, wooded park, originally hidden behind the Kunsthaus and the cantonal library. The relationship between these elements has been clarified, enabling them to become effective as architecture. Our proposal for the extension of the Kunsthaus is thus based on fundamental concerns of urban development. With the completed extension the park continues down to the Bahnhofstrasse and the Kunsthaus reaches into the park. Park and museum form a whole ― the park has become part of the museum and the museum part of the park. The extension to the Kunsthaus is conceived as an elevated terrace. This elevated and planted urban terrace might be called topographical architecture. There are well-known historical antecedents, such as the pedestal of the Albertina in Vienna, the greenhouse terraces at Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam or the terrace of the Villa Doria in Rome.
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