Depot Boijmans van Beuningen: A New Type of Experience - urbanNext, March 01, 2021. - 622 words.

Energy and sustainability, Middle Density, MVRDV, Project, Urban Paradigms

City views, Climate control, Designing Climate, Green roof, Iconic architecture, Museum, Performative Envelope, Power of materiality, Project, Rooftop, Rotterdam, Storage, The Netherlands

Photography: Ossip van Duivenbode and Rob Glastra


Located in Rotterdam’s Museumpark, the depot features a new type of experience for museum visitors: a sturdy engine room where the complete collection of 151,000 objects is made accessible to the public. In addition to the various storage and care areas, the depot has a restaurant and an award-winning rooftop forest at a height of 35 meters. The construction completion paves the way for interior furnishings and the long process of moving the museum’s complete collection into its new storage facility.



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Architecture Project Museum Rotterdam, The Netherlands The Netherlands