OFFICE  KGDVS

OFFICE 291

DESIGN MUSEUM – Ghent

The project for an extension of the Design Museum Gent, is composed by a stacking of various geometrical figures. Together with a concrete slab defined by the perimeter of the site, the stacking offered a variety of spaces on each floor. While the main museum features, such as exhibition rooms, cafes and workshop rooms, are accommodated within the geometrically regular spaces, the residual spaces of the slabs allow more flexible usage. On the street side they form terraces, and towards the courtyard they perform as anti-chambers, which provide additional exhibition space and resolve the circulation control to the different parts of the museum. The proposed project is not only an elegant addition to the existing courtyard façade, but also presents a dynamic face towards the city of Ghent.

Year

2019

Location

Ghent, BE

Type

Culture, Public

Status

Unbuilt

Surface

7 300 m2

Client

Design Museum Gent

Collaborator(s)

Richard Venlet, Muller Van Severen, Bollinger+Grohmann, hp engineers, Bureau Bouwtechniek, Jan de Moffarts Architecten, 61 Defacqz, Maniera

Design team

Kersten Geers, David Van Severen, Yuichiro Onuma, Nicolas Berrebbi, Virginia Santilli, Amelie Bimberg

Award

Competition, 2nd prize

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