PUBLIC ART DEPOT MBVB in Rotterdam, Netherlands by MVRDV

Article source:  MVRDV

Collection Building is an art depot open to the public. A public route zigzags through the building, from the lobby on the ground floor where a café can be found up to an exhibition space, sculpture garden and restaurant on the roof. On the way up the route passes along and through art depots and restoration workshops. In depots visible from the route, the exhibition can be changed on a daily basis by simply moving storage racks so each visit to the building can offer a unique experience. On three floors the route passes through exhibition spaces which will be programmed by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.

Image Courtesy © MVRDV – Antonio Coco

• Architects: MVRDV
• Project: PUBLIC ART DEPOT MBVB
• Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands
• Photography: MVRDV – Antonio Coco
• Year: 2013
• Client: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, De Verre Bergen Foundation, the City of Rotterdam
• Program: 15.000m2 art depot with restoration facilities, exhibition spaces, offices, logistics, bar, restaurant, sculpture garden and private collectors facilities.
• Budget: 50 million Euro
• Design Team: Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs, Nathalie de Vries with Fokke Moerel and Sanne van der Burgh, Marta Pozo Gil, Gerard Heerink, Elien Deceuninck, Saimon Gomez Idiakez, Nacho Velasco, Jason Slabbynck, Mariya Gyaurova.
• Sustainability: BREEAM Excellent (goal)
• Structure: PietersBouwtechniek
• Cost engineering: IGG Consultants
• Installations: DGMR Consultants
• Legal Project: Richard Jan Roks, Kennedy Van Der Laan, Amsterdam, with Jan Knikker, Fokke Moerel

Image Courtesy © MVRDV – Antonio Coco

The building – which will store the precious art collection of Rotterdam – will also have spaces not accessible to the general public. For example logistics, quarantine and room for private art collections whose owners can visit their art and even enjoy it in private spaces comparable to the art-equivalent of a sky box. This is a new commercial service offered by the museum. Additionally depots and an office of philanthropic foundation De Verre Bergen will be located in the Collection Building.

Image Courtesy © MVRDV – Antonio Coco

The roof featuring a restaurant, sculpture garden and exhibition space offers wide views over Rotterdam and will be the new home for the Futuro, the ufo-shaped house of Finish architect MattiSuuronen.

The Collection Building will be realised on the northern edge of RotterdamsMuseumpark, realised by OMA with Yves Brunier in 1994. In order to spare the park, the volume is designed as a compact round volume with a small footprint and will be clad with a reflective glass façade. This will make the building less visible and allow reflections, the public can see what is happening elsewhere in the park. Where needed the reflection will be lesser for transparency and to avoid unwanted light effects.

40% of the 15.000m2 will be visible or accessible to the public. The building will feature seven different climatic conditions facilitating ideal conditions for art storage, offices and the public. The ambition is to reach sustainability classification BREEAM Excellent.

Tags: Netherlands, Rotterdam

Categories: Art Center, Bar, Exhibition Center, Mixed use, Office space, Restaurant

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