Collection Building

A reflective round volume by MVRDV is the wining proposal for the Collection Building, the open art depot of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, in Rotterdam.

The Collection Building is an open art depot featuring exhibition halls, a sculpture roof garden and a restaurant.

The public can see what’s going on behind the scenes in a museum and private art collectors will be able to store their own collection in ideal Museum conditions. The design – a reflective round volume – responds to its surroundings, Rotterdam’s Museumpark in which it will be completed in 2017.

MVRDV, Collection Building, Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Collection Building is an art depot open to the public. A public route zigzags through the building, from the lobby on the ground floor where a café can be found up to an exhibition space, sculpture garden and restaurant on the roof. On the way up the route passes along and through art depots and restoration workshops. In depots visible from the route, the exhibition can be changed on a daily basis by simply moving storage racks so each visit to the building can offer a unique experience. On three floors the route passes through exhibition spaces which will be programmed by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.

The building will also have spaces not accessible to the general public. For example logistics, quarantine and room for private art collections whose owners can visit their art and even enjoy it in private spaces. The roof featuring a restaurant, sculpture garden and exhibition space offers wide views over Rotterdam and will be the new home for the Futuro, the ufo-shaped house of Finish architect Matti Suuronen.

The Collection Building will be realised on the northern edge of Rotterdams Museumpark, realised by OMA with Yves Brunier in 1994. In order to spare the park, the volume is designed as a compact round volume with a small footprint and will be clad with a reflective glass facade. This will make the building less visible and allow reflections, the public can see what is happening elsewhere in the park. Where needed the reflection will be lesser for transparency and to avoid unwanted light effects.

MVRDV, Collection Building, Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Sustainability diagrams

MVRDV, Collection Building, Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Facade diagrams

MVRDV, Collection Building, Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Overview axonometry

MVRDV, Collection Building, Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Park diagrams

MVRDV, Collection Building, Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Volume diagrams

MVRDV, Collection Building, Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. On the left: routing axonometries. On the right: structural axonometry

Collection Building, Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Program: art depot with restoration facilities, exhibition spaces, offices, logistics, bar, restaurant, sculpture garden and private collectors facilities.
Architects: MVRDV
Client: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, De Verre Bergen Foundation, the City of Rotterdam
Sustainability: BREEAM Excellent (goal)
Structure: Pieters Bouwtechniek
Cost engineering: IGG Consultants
Installations: DGMR Consultants
Legal Project: Richard Jan Roks, Kennedy Van Der Laan, Amsterdam, with Jan Knikker, Fokke Moerel
Area: 15.000 sqm

Collection Building

A reflective round volume by MVRDV is the wining proposal for the Collection Building, the open art depot of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, in Rotterdam.

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