Entrance Building Van Gogh Museum
In 1999 Kisho Kurokawa Architects & Associates designed a new wing for the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. Part of this wing is a large pond on basement level. Where once the pond was situated arose a new entrance building. Kurokawa Architects made a preliminary design for this purpose that is elaborated and realised by Hans van Heeswijk Architects.
The new entrance building can be reached directly from the Museumplein square and will lead visitors to a large foyer on basement level. The wardrobe, museum shop, information desks and toilets are located in the foyer. From the foyer visitors can go directly to the Rietveld Building for the permanent Van Gogh collection or to the Kurokawa Wing for the temporary exhibitions. The new entrance building opened to the public on the 5th of September in 2015. What once was a sombre piece of the Museumplein square has now become an inviting site.
Function | Museum |
Status | Realized |
Client |
Rijksvastgoedbedrijf ‘s-Gravenhage |
Location |
Amsterdam |
Project architect |
Hans van Heeswijk |
Project team |
Jasper Druijven, Richard Gouverneur, Stephanie Haumann, Hans van Heeswijk, Arjen Honig, Rob Hulst, Victor Spijkers, Ronno Stegeman, Boaz van der Wal |
Start |
2013 |
Completed |
2015 |
GFA |
11.800 m2 |
Downloads
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entreegebouw-vangogh-musem-brochure.pdf |