Museum Liner

In a typical mountain Swiss town, a museum dedicated to two local natives - father Carl August Liner and son Carl Walter Liner - was opened in 1998. Their artistic work is displayed in a rather unconventional building that modernly reflects the surrounding context and traditions. The most striking feature of the house is the sawtooth roof, whose gradually decreasing skylights bring indirect northern light into the intimate exhibitions, which respond in size and form to the character of the Liner's paintings. Whether the skylights are a reminiscence of traditional agricultural buildings in the area or try to communicate with neighboring industrial structures, their expression is stunning.
The building acts in the environment as a pure implant and, in my opinion, is not completely settled in the context, which, however, is not at all detrimental, as the museum is, after all, a unique object to which a certain degree of extravagance belongs. Behind this state stands primarily the luxurious outer shell. Sandblasted plates of chrome steel overlap like shingles, enveloping both the walls and the roof of the museum. Generous windows offer unconventional views and give the entire building a more opulent character. The concrete monolithic entrance confirms the Swiss origin of the structure.