"Walking around inside these protective shelters, in the presence of exhibited ancient Roman remains, one gets the impression that time is a bit more relative than usual. It's been called " the interior of a time machine": After dark, simple inside lighting glows from the simple wooden box-like architecture, making the interior spaces the constant focus of ancient architecture. The architect chose open wooden slats to create walls along the original outer walls of a complete Roman quarter. One of his first commissions was to create structures to protect the ancient Roman ruins excavated in Chur. Chur, Switzerland is no exception.Īfter finishing his studies at Pratt Institute in New York in 1967, Peter Zumthor returned to Switzerland to work for the Department for the Preservation of Monuments in Graubünden before founding his own firm in 1979. Architectural remnants of ancient Rome are found throughout Europe. Since B.C.E., the territories today known as Switzerland were either controlled or influenced by the ancient Western Roman Empire, immense in size and power. About 140 miles north of Milan, Italy, is one of the oldest towns in Switzerland.
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