Bruno Weber Park

The Wassergarten was opened in May 2012 and is surrounded by two 100-metre-long (330 ft) "wing dogs" (Flügelhund) forming a footbridge, including a ballroom for events to the west.

Bruno Weber Park is situated on the Weinberg hill towards the Heitersberg mountain, i.e. in the west of Dietikon respectively in the south of Spreitenbach.

Before the final situation was getting worse, the staff planned to establish permanent atelier rooms for rental to artists and to have a place for the mosaics, furniture and small sculptures still made by the park's team.

[6][7] Starting in 1962 Bruno Weber created the sculpture park in the vicinity of his former studio and residence in the municipality of Dietikon in the canton of Zurich.

Since 1976 Bruno Weber was in dispute with the authorities of the municipalities Dietikon and Spreitenbach, because of the illegally constructed structures and the sculptures in the forest which is part of the park.

The foundation should also ensure the completion of the long-time-planned Wassergarten (water garden, inaugurated in 2012) as the centerpiece of the park, and grant the long-term financing of its operation, that temporarily failed in spring 2014.

After Bruno Weber's death in 2011, Mariann Weber-Godo sat down with the twin daughters for the preservation and continuation of the life work of her husband.

In 1998 the park was transformed into a unique special Zone for artistic creation within Switzerland to legalize the infrastructure; in 2003 the rezoning was approved by the Spreitenbach community meeting and in 2005 by the canton of Aargau.

Despite 20,000 visitors per year, the trustees announced on 22 August 2014 that they would close the park on 20 October 2014,[1] Among others, Guido Magnaguagno, an art expert and the former director of the Tinguely Museum, judged the sculpture garden as a "Monument national".

The garden is therefore supported by the Freunde des Bruno Weber Parks (friends of Bruno Weber Park) society,[10] local and national politicians and artists,[11] among them Franz Hohler,[12] and as of mid-October 2014 by a wide variety of reports in the national newspapers[13] and television,[14][15] as well by two petitions and by public support in the social media.

Mrs Mariann Weber-Godo (the family still owns 2/3 of the park) told in an interview on Swiss television on 19 October 2014, that she is confident that a solution to the continued operation of the sculpture garden may be found.

According to the first media release, it was unclear when the Bruno Weber Park may be opened again, but the board of trustees initially started to provide structural reforms and develop new concepts.

[17] Bruno Weber Park is saved, titled Schweiz aktuell its broadcast on 13 January 2015, but the financial situation remains tense, and the new board of trustees is looking for more sponsors.

By the end of 2015 the hall of the water garden will be divided and the workshop set up, and about half a million Swiss Francs will be spent on various tasks.

Aerial first-person fly-through of Bruno Weber Park.
The villa of the Bruno Weber Park, home of Bruno Weber
"snake bridge" crossing the pond in the park, the villa's tower in the background
entrance
water garden