Seamless design, ECLISSE steps outdoors
ECLISSE introduces Syntesis Areo Outdoor, extending the sleekness of its flush-to-wall system to exterior applications. Robust and adaptable, it reimagines technical access points as integrated design features, ensuring a continuous aesthetic flow between interior and exterior spaces.
The extension, designed by Dutch architect Abel Cahen at a cost of 27.5 million euro, submerges the old museum - designed in 1936 by A.J. Kropholler - with a structure full of blunt corners and tilted planes. Its grey stone cladding creates an elegant colour contrast to the red brick of the original building. Lending a minimalist touch to the interior of the new infrastructure – auditorium, shop and library – is the work of the Belgian designer Maarten Van Severen.
What dominates and links the new spaces is the 26-metre leaning tower, which houses a large studio. Artists will be invited to work here.
A curiosity: to prevent noise and overcrowding, only a thousand visitors at a time will be admitted to this new “jewel” of contemporary architecture.
Van Abbe Museum
Bilderdijklaan 10 Eindhoven, The Netherlands
T +31-(0)402381000
E-mail: info@vanabbemuseum.nl
http://www.vanabbemuseum.nl
Nube. Comfort and style
Brianza-based Nube unveiled its latest upholstered furniture collections, spearheaded by Fabio Fantolino. The focus? Elegant comfort and quintessential Made in Italy craftsmanship.