Winy Maas on MVRDV's Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Archive and the Barbapapa House Dream
In a November morning interview in Rotterdam, Winy Maas, co-founder of MVRDV, discussed the firm's innovative projects, focusing on the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen archive extension. The 14,300 sqm mirrored structure, resembling Anish Kapoor's Chicago Bean, will feature 2,000 sqm for collectors to exhibit or store art. Set in a park adjacent to the museum, it will have trees replanted on its roof, offering views to a children's hospital. Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist will design colorful ground paths. Completion is set for 2019, with public opening in 2020, consolidating seven archive locations across the Netherlands and Belgium. Maas also mentioned MVRDV's completed Tianjin Binhai Library in China, a residential tower in Amsterdam, a New York project, the Dutch pavilion for Expo 2022 in Łódź, Poland, and the Markthal (2014). He expressed admiration for Rem Koolhaas, called a 'dear friend' and competitor, and lamented failed attempts to build in Italy despite a strong affinity with Milan. His dream project: a fluid, hyper-technological 'Barbapapa house' using software and nanotechnology.
Key facts
- Winy Maas is co-founder of MVRDV with Jacob van Rijs and Nathalie de Vries.
- MVRDV has about 250 employees.
- The Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen archive extension will be 14,300 sqm.
- 2,000 sqm of the archive will be dedicated to collectors.
- The building is a mirrored structure similar to Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate in Chicago.
- Trees cut for construction will be replanted on the roof.
- Pipilotti Rist will design colored ground paths outside.
- The archive will open to the public in 2020, after completion in 2019.
- Seven archive locations in the Netherlands and Belgium will be consolidated.
- MVRDV completed the Tianjin Binhai Library in China.
- MVRDV is working on a residential tower in Amsterdam and a project in New York.
- MVRDV will design the Dutch pavilion for Expo 2022 in Łódź, Poland.
- The Markthal in Rotterdam was inaugurated in 2014.
- Maas considers Rem Koolhaas a friend and competitor.
- Maas dreams of building a 'Barbapapa house' using software and nanotechnology.
Entities
Artists
- Winy Maas
- Jacob van Rijs
- Nathalie de Vries
- Rem Koolhaas
- Anish Kapoor
- Pipilotti Rist
Institutions
- MVRDV
- Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
- Tianjin Binhai Library
- Markthal
- Expo 2022
- Children Hospital
Locations
- Rotterdam
- Netherlands
- Tianjin
- China
- Amsterdam
- New York
- Łódź
- Poland
- Belgium
- Milan
- Italy