Schoenenkwartier Shoe Museum: Cultural Heritage, Craftmanship and Shoe Design

Civic Architects, Designing Matter, expanding design practices, Middle Density, Project, Technology and fabrication

Adaptive reuse, Community Facilities, Craftmanship, Cultural Facility, Historic building, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Museum, Public buildings, Revitalization, Social cohesion

The Schoenenkwartier Museum is a new and innovative knowledge center for shoe design, shoe production and shoe fashion in the center of Waalwijk, the Dutch leather and shoe city. It is housed in a listed building complex from the 1930s, by architect Alexander Kropholler, which has been partly renovated, transformed and expanded.