new museum in Assen. Holland. Erick van Egeraat.

Erick van Egeraat new museum is completed in Assen [NL]

On November 16 the new Museum of Erick van Egeraat Drents in Assen, Netherlands, will be officially opened by Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.



The party re-opening of the Museum marks the official end of 18 months of construction within budget and deadlines.

Erick van Egeraat design was unanimously voted the winner in the design competition for the jury and the client, the province of Drenthe.



His vision of using the expansion of the Museum as an organizing tool for the Museum as a whole was the deciding factor.

he most important design Erick van Egeraat is the coherent integration of museums with tissue cities.

A balanced game construction, landscape and water, creates a new identity for the museum expanded.

The design reinforces the character both scenic and historic-cultural face of the center of the city of Assen.

The stepped roof, organic new wing connects existing gardens and parks in the city. Erick van Egeraat is thus creating a publicly accessible park.

Openings in the roof allow light to penetrate into the exhibition spaces below. The new wing links the new entrance to existing parts of the museum and the city landscape.

The current coach of the house will serve as a new main entrance to the museum.

He lifted one meter above the ground, the existing structure rests on a glass pedestal, the new role of building an elegant way.

The historic façade was left intact, thus preserving the buildings civic appearance.

During the day, the base glass allows light to enter the building. At night, interior lighting transforms the garage into a beacon for the city and its inhabitants.

  









 

---