Museumsquartier Bern
The Kirchenfeld district of Bern offers a high-caliber cultural environment around Helvetiaplatz. Within a compact area, 12 museums and cultural institutions of national and international relevance are located. This historically evolved structure is to be strengthened and rebranded as the “Museumsquartier Bern” through a comprehensive urban development concept. Attractive and shared public spaces play a key role in this transformation.
A core element of the concept is the creation of an efficient, collective system for parking, access, and storage. This allows many surface areas to be freed up and boundaries between institutions to be reduced. The idea of a “Museum Garden” emerges: a representative, urban green space that serves as a landmark, neighborhood meeting point, venue, and place to linger. It becomes the interface where institutions and the public interact.
These open spaces offer a new perspective on changes in society and nature—making topicality the core content of the Museumsquartier. Through a study of alternative designs, the interplay between historical buildings and new architecture is explored. The result is new pathways, improved access, and exciting synergies.
The urban concept reveals the enormous potential of a joint initiative and represents a crucial first step toward repositioning Bern as a European cultural capital and international tourism destination.
Regional Development Wiesental 2040