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Above ground, the complex appears as a composition of primary solids: a cube, a sphere and a beam. Their pure geometry and omnidirectional orientation counteracts the amorphous and introvert character of the existing museum. Each building has a custom-made facade that emphasises its pure form and free-standing character. The new industrial materials connect to the original building, a former industry museum.
A large part of the new program is located underground. By extending the sunken square (the best feature of the original museum) underneath the new volumes, a continuous underground landscape is created that connects all the facilities of Museumplein Limburg, both old and new. In addition to the new museum square, this excavated landscape in red concrete hosts a central entrance hall, a restaurant, an enclosed patio and two tunnels connecting to Cube and Columbus.
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Museumplein Limburg Kerkrade, The Netherlands
Program: museum complex
Architects: Shift Architecture Urbanism
Project architects: Thijs van Bijsterveldt, Oana Rades, Harm Timmermans
Team: Pieter Heymans, Rene Sangers, Davide Prioli, Thomas Grievink, Dalia Zakaite, Irgen Salianji, Mariya Gyaurova
Client: Discovery Center Continium
Structural engineer design phase: ABT
Advisor building code and fire safety: Bureau Bouwkunde
Advisor Installations: Bremen Bouwadvies
Construction management: Bremen Bouwadvies
Contractor: Mertens Bouwbedrijf
Contractor installations: Spie
Execution construction: Van de Laar
Area: 7,500 sqm
Completion: December 2015
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