The new building is located next to the historic Villa Planta - the main building of the museum, built in 1874-1876 according to the project of Johannes Ludwig as the home of a cotton manufacturer. The Barozzi / Veiga structure, an airtight cube with ornamental concrete facades, seems to be independent from an eclectic “neighbor” that combines Palladian influences with Byzantine motives. However, it continues the public area of her garden, and is also linked to it by underground rooms, including new exhibition halls.
It is the desire to minimize the building space that determines the compactness of the building volume, which increases the open space in the city center, where both the villa and the Barozzi / Veiga building acquire new significance, and
the headquarters of the railway company Rhätische Bahn, a monumental building of the early 20th century in the form of the Swiss Renaissance.
In the ground part of the cube, there are - above the first tier with a monumental foyer that responds to the classicism of the villa - a hall for special projects, an educational center and museum workshops. The halls are tucked underground, but the sun's rays still penetrate inside thanks to the glass ceilings.
