The Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein, Germany, a real theme park for architecture and design enthusiasts, is getting a whole new chapter, not with a new building, but with a garden designed by renowned landscape architect Piet Oudolf. This is an opportunity to look back at this atypical place, an incredible sanctuary of modern and contemporary architecture.
Following a serious fire in 1981, the venerable furniture company Vitra, which produced the European editions of the Eames chairs, embarked on the construction of its campus: a museum designed by Frank Gehry, a barracks designed by Zaha Hadid, a pavilion created by Tadao Ando, a production hall designed by Álvaro Siza, a production building built by SANAA and a housing unit designed by Renzo Piano. In short, Pritzker prizes as if it were raining.