The new building of the Natural History Museum St. Gallen carries on the existing ensemble of public buildings and facilities surrounding the church St. Maria Neudorf and the botanic garden on the eastern limits of the city centre. Through the urban setting and the use of mostly lithic materials the building acts as a visual and representative landmark towards the street and the church complex. At the same time the new museum respects the strong presence of the church?s silhouette. The visible structure of the roof refers to the functional, modest expression of the existing architectures in the botanic garden. 

© Roman Keller

Architects: Michael Meier Marius Hug Architekten AG, Armon Semadeni Architekten GmbH

Location: St Gallen, Switzerland
Architect In Charge: Armon Semadeni, Marius Hug, Michael Meier - Anita Emele, Project leader 2009-2013, Martin Dennler, Project leader 2014-2016 - Jonas Krieg, Kirsten García, Anouk Trautmann, Daniel Hediger, Thomas Winkelmann (cand.), Tobias Uhlmann, Murielle Geel, Alexandre Figueiredo (cand.), Estelle Bertholet (cand.), Nina Fruhmann (cand.), Alain Walter (cand.)

Area: 600.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Roman Keller

Construction Management: Othmar Brügger, Davos; Baumed Bauleitungen, St. Gallen

Landscape: Studio Vulkan Landschaftsarchitekten, Zürich

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