For urban considerations, the large scale exhibition spaces that had to be designed as black boxes, were placed underground / The above-ground part of the museum, with its distinctive geometry, has an iconographic presence in the urban con-text and is suggestive of foreign cultures, which is the purpose of the building / Like a carpet, the metal roof is atop of the above-ground volume with its exposed concrete sidewalls, and evokes pictures of the past as well as a vision of the fu-ture thanks to its rhomboid window openings / The generous staircase connects the media center under the roof, the foyer, the multipurpose hall, and the seminar rooms with the column-free underground exhibition space / The entrance hall and cafeteria on the ground floor face a square that is slightly raised from the street level.

Material Used :

1. Metal façade - Sottas SA

2. Elevators - AS Ascenseurs

3. Windows wood - André SA

4. Sun protection outside - Georgon SA

5. Movable walls - Mazzoli R. SA

6. Luminaires - Regent Beleuchtungskörper AG

7. Luminaires - Targetti Poulsen Switzerland AG

8. Innentüren - Jos. Berchtold AG

9. BWB Group - Anodized 20µm Colinal 3115 / E6 finish