Villa Meier-Severini, Museum building at Zollikerstrasse 86, Zollikon, Switzerland.
Villa Meier-Severini is a classicist villa built in 1923 by contractor Heinrich Hatt-Haller to a design by Zurich architect Gustav von Tobel. It stands at Zollikerstrasse 86 in Zollikon, within a 4,244 m² park where iron sculptures from the Dr. Hans Koenig collection are displayed.
The classicist villa was built in 1923 by contractor Heinrich Hatt-Haller to plans by Zurich architect Gustav von Tobel (1880–1956). It first belonged to Robert Meier, a Zolliker merchant living in Milan, whose daughter married the Italian Count Severini. In June 1950 the municipality of Zollikon bought it for 361,500 francs to keep one of the village's most sensitive spots from disfigurement; after redevelopment plans fell through it was rented as a three-family house, and since 2009 the municipality has used it for exhibitions and weddings.
Since 1986 the villa has hosted the annual exhibition series "Das kleine Format", showing small-format works. Since 2009 the municipality has also made the rooms available for exhibitions and civil wedding ceremonies. The park holds iron sculptures by Swiss artists such as Bernhard Luginbühl and Jean Tinguely, on loan from the Dr. Hans Koenig Foundation.
The villa is owned by the municipality of Zollikon, which has made it available since 2009 for events such as exhibitions and weddings. The iron sculptures in the 4,244 m² park are mostly loans from the Dr. Hans Koenig Foundation, so the outdoor works can change.
The collection of iron sculptures in the park documents a key period in Swiss metalwork tradition from the 20th century. These pieces demonstrate how metal was treated as an artistic medium during this era.
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