jan 27 ~ bregenz/zurich ~ part 1 ~zumthor

taking a 6:30 train means being up at 5:30... here is our breakfast at bregenz!!! It took us 3 hours to get there... bregenz is in austria.. a city that borders swiss and austria... isnt the breakfast lovely?... matt's treat... thx!... as usual.. i had the hot cocao... and.. i guess what u see are austrian donuts... they are very good!!!

our architectural tour of the bregenz kunsthaus (art musuem) was at 11:00 ... the museum is designed by swiss architect peter zumthor... a very special gallery with no permanent collection... the building cladding is a double-skin system... bringing in natural light and ventilation.... the structure consists of 3 concrete walls... very simple and clean:

exterior glass ~
interior glass as it meets the concrete floor slab... from the basement level
inside the double skin system ~ (my first time inside such a space)
it was so cold and snowy... even the now got trapped inside...
the circulation and the main gallery space ~

stairway ~
3 levels of gallery space ... the top having a higher ceiling clearance
artificial lighting off... (the pic above is with florescent lighting on... this is with it off... )
only in the basement and entry level is the interior face of the double skin cladding glass... entirely glass... this is the staircase to the basement.. compare it to the staircase above...

after bregenz... we headed to zurich... >part 2