I liked his designs of the amphitheatre and the Graubner pavilion, and I like how he puts water right up to the building's edge. I didn't like the look of bare concrete grey or the pillars much though; they felt cold and barren/sterile to me somehow, rather than welcoming and embracing like the amphitheatre or the pavilion. Hard to explain...
Was thinking about the valley. Should it be visible everywhere you go? Or is it possible to just se the top of the hills on the other side, (from most places at the museum)? And then have one piece of the garden extended outwards exposing the whole of the valley. Perhaps with your pavilion overlooking the valleyïŠ
Hm...good question. I would guess that we should have some parts covered by trees, and others providing varying degrees of good views--my reasoning being that people tend to appreciate beauty more when they don't always get to see it. As for the pavilion, I think you're right that it should overlook the valley; after all, one of the main uses for a pavilion is to look at beautiful scenery from within it.
Had a rough scetch of how I see it, but could not post it here. But this is how I envision it. I hope you understand what i mean. On top of the hill we have the ERC-building. With a garden terrace outside. Then we have several levels of terraces going downwards connected with stairs. From most of this terraces we only see the biggest hills on the other side of the valley. At the bottom level we finally can stand on the edge of the terrace and look over the whole of the valley. Perhaps sitting down having a cup of coffee in the pavilion.
For the terraces, we're going to see what develops with the main garden and ERC, and then decide how and if we want them. So while I'm not sure if we're going to develop them in the end, keep your idea in mind for later when we may need it. And lol, the Japanese are supposed to drink tea in their pavilions! I guess this is a Euroamerican pavilion after all...