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Atelier building Rijksmuseum
Completion Date: November 2007
Client: Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Development, and Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
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Program: A 97,000-square-foot building to accommodate Rijksmuseum restoration workshops for paintings, furniture, textiles, boat models, and silver and porcelain objects. The building also includes classrooms for the University of Amsterdam, as well as workshop space for the Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage.
Design concept and solution: Set among the historic Rijksmuseum and its surrounding buildings, the new Atelier Building required merging new architecture with an existing building, the 1917 Veiligheidsinstituut—or Safety Institute—designed by Dutch architect Pierre Cuypers. Due to the sensitivity of artworks undergoing conservation, workshops are generally buried in the basements of museums, but while the Atelier Building continues the traditional brick of the surrounding façades, its northern elevation features glazing and angled walls, which allow daylight to enter certain areas of the conservation workshops. The orientation of the angles allows only north light to enter and the glass filters out most ultraviolet light. In addition, the glazing had to meet strict specifications for security, fire resistance, and insulation. But the overall effect creates an unconventionally open conservation lab.
Gross square footage:
97,000 sq. ft.
Total construction cost:
€ 20,000,000
Architect:
Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos
C/ Santas Patronas, 36
Sevilla, Spain
T: +34 954 50 28 25
F: +34 954 50 37 04
www.cruzyortiz.es
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