Private guided tours of the current exhibition and on the Vitra Campus

Private guided tours of the current exhibition
and on the Vitra Campus
General Information
› We offer private tours for groups in German, English and French. On request in Italian, Spanish,
Dutch, Swedish, Russian and Chinese too.
› Maximum group size is 30 persons, unless otherwise indicated.
› On weekends and holidays an additional fee of € 60.00 or € 40.00 per tour (depending on type)
will be charged. For tours of the current exhibition after 6 pm we charge an additional fee of €
150.00.
› Payment in cash or by credit card, invoices are issued for amounts from € 250.00 on.
› Reservations for private tours must be made at least 3 weeks in advance.
Contact/Reservations
Vitra Design Museum, Visitor Services
T +49.7621.702.3200, F +49.7621.702.3590
[email protected], www.design-museum.de
Vitra Campus Site Plan
1. VitraHaus, Herzog & de Meuron, 2010
2. Factory Building, SANAA, 2012
3. Bus Stop, Jasper Morrison, 2006
4. Factory Building, Álvaro Siza, 1994
5. Fire Station, Zaha Hadid, 1993
6. Conference Pavilion, Tadao Ando, 1993
7. Vitra Design Museum, Frank Gehry, 1989
8. Vitra Design Museum Gallery, Frank Gehry 2003
9. Factory Building, Frank Gehry, 1989
10. Gate, Frank Gehry, 1989
11./12. Factory Buildings, Nicholas Grimshaw, 1981/1986
13. Balancing Tools, Claes Oldenburg & Coosje van Bruggen, 1984
14. Dome, Richard Buckminster Fuller, 1975/2000
15. Petrol Station, Jean Prouvé, c. 1953/2003
Vitra Design Museum
Group Visits
In the main building of Vitra Design Museum, annually two major
temporary exhibitions are mounted. Smaller parallel shows are
presented in the Vitra Design Museum Gallery, a neighbouring
exhibition space. Due to conservation reasons, the collection is not
accessible for public viewing.
Museum hours: daily 10 am – 6 pm
Admission: € 7.00 per person for groups of 10 or more persons,
free for children under 12 years
Guided tours of the current exhibition
LIGHTOPIA
28.09.2013 – 16.03.2014
As an essential element of our environment, light has always
fascinated designers. In the recent past, new technologies have
brought about a radical expansion of possibilities for lighting
design. »Lightopia« is the first comprehensive exhibition devoted to
this development and its cultural and historical context. On display
are key artefacts from the lighting collection of the Vitra Design
Museum – which is being presented for the first time – as well as
legendary installations that illustrate the performative power of
light. However, the primary focus of the exhibition is on works by
contemporary designers and artists, who demonstrate new possibilities for designing with light. This creates an impressive panorama of lighting design – from the beginnings of industrial society
to visionary concepts that will have a profound impact on our future.
Konstantin Grcic – Panorama
29.03. – 14.09.2014
Konstantin Grcic is one of the leading designers of the present
day. Some of Grcic’s designs – such as »Chair_One« (2004) or
the »Mayday« lamp (1999) – have already attained the status of
design classics. With »Konstantin Grcic – Future Perfect«, the Vitra
Design Museum shows his largest solo exhibition to date. It provides a comprehensive overview of Grcic’s oeuvre and is at the
same time a new design project in its own right. Especially for this
show, Grcic is developing spatial installations that set in scene his
personal visions for life in the world of tomorrow – both pensively
radical and powerfully profound.
Duration: approx. one hour
Tour fee: € 160.00, reduced € 130.00, plus admission
Weekend and holiday surcharge: € 60.00
Maximum group size: 20 persons
Vitra Campus
Vitra Campus Architectural Tour
This comprehensive tour of the Vitra Campus provides an overview
of the history of the Vitra company and the evolution of the company premises in Weil, placing special emphasis on the Fire Station
designed by Zaha Hadid and the Conference Pavilion by Tadao
Ando. On the way, participants learn about the factory buildings
designed by Frank Gehry, Nicholas Grimshaw, Álvaro Siza and
SANAA, as well as the dome after Richard Buckminster Fuller and
Jean Prouvé's petrol station. The VitraHaus by Herzog & de Meuron can be viewed from the exterior during the tour and visited on
an individual basis afterwards.
Duration: approx. two hours
Tour fee: € 250.00, reduced € 200.00
Weekend and holiday surcharge: € 60.00
Fire Station / Zaha Hadid
The guided tour of the Fire Station by Zaha Hadid includes not
only a detailed viewing of both the exterior and interior of the
building, but also parts of the Vitra Campus, such as the factory
buildings designed by Frank Gehry, Nicholas Grimshaw and Álvaro Siza as well as the dome after Richard Buckminster Fuller and
Jean Prouvé's petrol station from the outside. An introduction to the
history of the Vitra company and the development of the campus is
also included in this tour.
Duration: approx. 75 minutes
Tour fee: € 160.00, reduced € 130.00
Weekend and holiday surcharge: € 60.00
Conference Pavilion / Tadao Ando
The highlight tour of the Conference Pavilion designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando offers visitors an in-depth view of both
the interior and exterior of this structure, which was the first Ando
building to be erected outside of Japan. The tour follows the meditation path past Frank Gehry's Vitra Design Museum and the
sculpture “Balancing Tools” by Claes Oldenburg & Coosje van
Bruggen.
Duration: approx. 30 minutes
Tour fee: € 70.00, reduced € 60.00
Weekend and holiday surcharge: € 40.00
VitraHaus / Herzog & de Meuron, Architecture
The VitraHaus, designed by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron,
houses the products of the Vitra Home Collection, the Vitra Design
Museum Shop, the Lounge Chair Atelier and the VitraHaus Café. It
is not possible to take a guided tour of the interior rooms of the
VitraHaus. The VitraHaus architectural tour provides information
about the building itself, the story of its design and special technical features.
Duration: approx. 30 minutes
Tour fee: € 70.00 , reduced € 60.00
Weekend and holiday surcharge: € 40.00
SANAA
The production hall designed by the Japanese architecture office
SANAA has a loosely rounded, not quite circular form, established
through two semicircular concrete shells connected to each other.
Panels encase the building like a curtain concealing the interior
however allowing an interesting view from the outside. The architectural guided tour focused on the production hall of SANAA
concentrates on the architectural concept and the development
history. A short insight will be given into the building.
Duration: approx. 30 minutes
Tour fee: € 70.00 , reduced € 60.00
Weekend and holiday surcharge: € 40.00
Citizen Office
The Citizen Office tour provides insights into the exemplary design
of an open space office of the Vitra company.
Duration: approx. 30 minutes
Tour fee: € 70.00 reduced € 60.00
Weekend and holiday surcharge: € 40.00
Maximum group size: 10 persons
It is also possible to combine some of the guided tours listed here. (e.g. The Vitra
Campus Architectural Tour can be combined with tours of the museum exhibition,
the Vitra Showroom and Citizen Office.
Please note that only guides of the Vitra Design Museum are allowed to conduct
guided tours through the exhibition and on the Vitra Campus. Please be aware that
the buildings presented during the guided tours are in use. For this reason, there
may be occasional restrictions with regard to viewing access.
Credits: p. 1: (image 1) © Vitra Design Museum, Foto Bettina Matthiessen; (image 2) © Targetti Poulsen Denmark; Vico Magistretti Foundation,
Oluce, Foto: Daniel Spehr; (image 3) © Åke E:son Lindman; p. 2 (image 1) © Vitra (image 2) © Vitra; Foto: Julien Lanoo; (image 3) ©Vitra; Foto:
Thomas Dix p. 3: (image 1 – 2) © Vitra, Foto: Julien Lanoo; (image 3) © Vitra; Foto: Tonatiuh Ambrosetti; Subject to change 9/2013, Prices 2013