Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen, the world’s first fully accessible art depot, is located at Museumpark in the centre of Rotterdam.
Project Name: Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen
Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Year: 2021
Client: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, De Verre Bergen Foundation, Municipality of Rotterdam
Size and Programme: 15,000m2 – accessible storage facility for art and design, restaurant, public space
Credits
Architect: MVRDV
Principal in charge: Winy Maas
Partner: Fokke Moerel
Project Team: Jacob van Rijs, Sanne van der Burgh, Arjen Ketting, Fedor Bron, Gerard Heerink, Elien Deceuninck, Jason Slabbynck, Rico van de Gevel, Marjolein Marijnissen, Remco de Haan
Competition Team: Sanne van der Burgh, Marta Pozo, Gerard Heerink, Elien Deceuninck, Saimon Gomez Idiakez, Jose Ignacio Velasco Martin, Jason Slabbynck, Mariya Gyaurova, Lukasz Brzozowski
Strategy & Development: Jan Knikker, Irene Start
Visualization: Antonio Luca Coco, Matteo Artico, Carlo Cattó
Copyright: MVRDV 2021 – (Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs, Nathalie de Vries, Frans de Witte, Fokke Moerel, Wenchian Shi, Jan Knikker)
Partners:
Contractor: BAM Bouw en Techniek Structure: IMd Raadgevend Ingenieurs
Cost engineering: BBN
Installations: RHDHV Façade consultants: ABT Building physics: Peutz
Landscape architect: MTD Landschap architecten
Restaurant designer: Concrete
Art collaborations: John Körmeling (lobby), Marieke van Diemen (atrium), Pipilotti Rist (exterior light show)
Photographs: © Ossip van Duivenbode, © Aad Hoogendoorn, © Iris van den Broeke
The assignment was to offer a glimpse behind the scenes of the museum world and make the whole art collection accessible to the public.
The reflective round volume responds to its surroundings. The Depot features exhibition halls, a rooftop garden, and a restaurant, in addition to an enormous amount of storage space for art and design.
