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Renderings Siegerprojekt «Eiger»: / Visualisierung: Studio Blomen Zürich © Schmidlin Architekten
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10.9.2025
Medienmitteilung
Der Grosse Rat des Kantons Bern hat an seiner Sitzung vom 10. September 2025 dem Projektierungskredit von 15,7 Millionen Franken für das Sanierungs- und Ersatzneubauprojekt «Eiger» des Kunstmuseum Bern mit grosser Mehrheit zugestimmt. Damit stellt er die Weichen für die Zukunft des Kunstmuseum Bern neu.
Mit dem vom Grossen Rat des Kantons Bern gesprochenen Kredit kann die Detailplanung des Siegerprojekts «Eiger» vorangetrieben werden. Das Projekt ging aus einem internationalen Wettbewerb hervor und sieht die Sanierung des historischen Stettlerbaus, den Ersatz des stark sanierungsbedürftigen Erweiterungsbaus von 1983 durch einen zeitlosen Neubau mit vorgelagertem Museumsplatz und den Einbezug des Gebäudes Hodlerstrasse 6 in das Ensemble vor.
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Anne-Cécile Foulon
Abteilungsleiterin Kommunikation & Marketing
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Kunstmuseum Bern: Die Zukunft entscheidet sich 150 Jahre nach Gründung der «Corporation Bernisches Kunstmuseum»
Das Kunstmuseum Bern feiert im September 2025 das 150-jährige Jubiläum der «Corporation Bernisches Kunstmuseum» – der heutigen Stiftung Kunstmuseum Bern. Die Gründung der Corporation erfolgte durch den Kanton Bern, die Stadt Bern, die Burgergemeinde Bern, den Bernischen Kantonal-Kunstverein sowie die Bernische Künstlergesellschaft. Ihr Ziel war das Errichten eines Kunstmuseums in Bern sowie der spätere Betrieb. Ein wichtiger Unterstützer war der Künstler und damalige Grossrat Albert Anker.
Genau 150 Jahre nach Unterzeichnung der Statuten entscheidet der Grosse Rat des Kantons Bern in seiner Herbstsession über die Zukunft der Institution.
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Dr. Anne-Cécile Foulon
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15.10.2024
Kunstmuseum Bern of the future
The result of the architectural competition for the renovation of the Stettler building and the construction of a replacement building on Hodler Street is now final. The appeal period has expired. No appeals were filed against the competition procedure. Thus, Schmidlin Architekten (Zurich and Engadine) are officially the winners of the international architectural competition for the Kunstmuseum Bern of the future.
Martina Witschi
Kommunikation & Medienarbeit Kunstmuseum Bern – Zentrum Paul Klee
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The team Schmidlin Architekten (Zurich and Engadine) wins the international competition for the renovation and expansion of Kunstmuseum Bern. The winning project «Eiger» envisages a distinctive new building with a timeless look and museum square. President of the jury Thomas Hasler praises the “modern, self-assured architectural language” of the free-standing new building, which fits in well with the UNESCO World Heritage site, and the “clear added value” for the city. An impressive complex of buildings will be created around a museum square that opens up onto Hodlerstrasse and the slope of the Aare. The Kunstmuseum will become a lively place connected to the public space where people can congregate and communicate.
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Anne-Cécile Foulon
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In December 2022, the competition jury selected 39 offices for the first stage of the architectural competition from all the prequalification applications. The teams are now preparing designs, from which the jury will select approx. 10 teams for further processing in the second stage of the competition at the end of June 2023. All stages of the project competition are conducted anonymously.
In order to make the principles and requirements of the architectural competition transparent and comprehensible, the Kunstmuseum Bern publishes the competition programme. This is the basis on which the competition projects are subsequently selected by the jury.
A total of 148 teams of architects submitted their applications for the prequalification round. From all submissions, the competition jury selected 39 offices for the first stage of the architectural competition.
The architectural competition for the museum renovation project and new building is now starting. The jury unites international expertise and regional sensitivity. To facilitate the renovation of the Kunstmuseum, the Communal Parliament of the City of Bern has decided to transfer building rights for the building at Hodlerstrasse 6 to the Foundation of the Kunstmuseum Bern at no cost. The property plays a pivotal role in the museum renovation project.
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