GRONINGER MUSEUM
THE EAST PAVILION
GRONINGEN, NETHERLANDS (1993-1994)
Project Data:
Design: 1993
Design development: 1994
Construction 1995
Floor Area: 900 m2
Volume: 4300 m3
Budget: 2 Mio USD
The East Pavilion of the Groninger Museum is part of a larger museum complex, designed by several architects. The concept is based on the idea of unfolding positive and negative space. A differentiated exhibition space was created, which allows artworks to be viewed from many different levels and vantage points. A new design process involving computer digitizing allowed the precise translation of the concept model into the finished building. Constructed like the hull of a ship, the steel plates of the East Pavilion were built by shipbuilders rather than ordinary building contractors because of their higher flexibility and lower cost.
Client:
Sichting Fondsbeheer Niebouw Museum, Groningen, Netherlands
Structural Engineering:
Team 4, Groningen, Netherlands Bureau Wassenaar, Gronningen, Netherlands