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Dutch firm MVRDV is known for breaking with architectural convention, and the experimental practice is now set to take its explorations to a new level in the Netherlands with an entirely new building typology. Today, a groundbreaking ceremony took place for the firm\u2019s radical addition to the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, a 161,000-square-foot (15,000-square-meter) public art depot that will give everyone the chance to view previously unseen works owned by the City.<\/p>\n

Entitled Collectiegebouw<\/a>, the new building is conceived as a cylindrical volume wrapped in mirrored glass, which will reflect the surrounding city and cause the building to blend with its environment. This sweeping surface will double up as an interactive art installation, visitors taking pictures of their reflections in a similar manner to those beneath Anish Kapoor\u2019s iconic Cloud Gate<\/i> sculpture in Chicago\u2019s Millennium Park.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt is fantastic that the public art depot will be realized,\u201d said Winy Maas, principal architect and cofounder of MVRDV. \u201cIn this way, the entire population can share something that is normally hidden behind closed doors.\u201d Meanwhile, Rotterdam City Councillor Adriaan Visser spoke of the depot\u2019s potential to invigorate the wider region: \u201cWith Collectiegebouw, Rotterdam creates an icon the entire city will benefit from. The building will strengthen the cultural cluster around Museumpark and add to a lively inner city.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Behind the mirrored fa\u00e7ade, more than 145,000 exhibits will be arranged along a route that ascends around a central atrium with towering walls of art on either sides of staircases and gantry-style walkways. As well as displaying works owned by the City, the depot will also include space for private collections together with a tree-filled sculpture park on the roof, which will offer views over one of Rotterdam\u2019s main cultural districts.<\/p>\n

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Today’s ceremony was attended by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam City Council, De Verre Bergen Foundation, MVRDV, IMD structural engineers, RHDHV consultants, Peutz Building Physics, ABT Facade Engineers, BAM Construction and Engineering and other stakeholders, and the project has a planned completion date of 2018. To learn more about MVRDV\u2019s recent projects, be sure to check out the firm\u2019s evolving profile page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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