After Vals, we took another three hour bus ride through the mountains to the city of Zurich, Switzerland. In the two days we spent in Zurich we saw the Stadelhofen Railway Station by Santiago Calatrava which was really interesting. In Calatrava’s bridge there are no right angles, everything occurs on some kind of slant, appearing to be leaning heavily in one direction. Our next stop was to the Heidi Weber Pavillion by Le Corbusier, an interesting piece of work nestled in to the outskirts of town. The last major contemporary building we saw in Zurich was the Rietberg Museum by Afred Grazioli and Adolf Krischanitz. The museum was home to the temporary Japanese Exibit but the main attraction (especially for architects) was the delicate glass volume which served as an entrance to the Rietburg Museum. Here we spent time looking at the different pieces of Japanese art as well as analyzing and detailing the structure and form of the glass volumetric entryway. We stayed in a hostel while we were in Zurich which was decent. Besides the iffy lunch we had the first day and that one cold shower I took the first morning, it turned out to be an okay place to stay. It was more of a “college environment” with pool tables and video games. Sheila and I dominated every guy in pool one of the nights (and it was my first time playing, I was pretty darn good!!) Swiss army knives and chocolate. We have all become obsessed. Enough said. I think I have enough chocolate to last me awhile!! The architecture in Zurich was awesome, it reminded me a lot like that in Prague, Czech Republic.
Bridge at the Train Station, Santiago Caltrava
Pavilion, Le Corbusier
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