VMHK: a Common Ground for Art

VMHK: a Common Ground for Art: a New Flemish Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp

Erolsun, Emir (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)

De Vocht, S. (mentor)
Parravicini, M. (graduation committee)
Zeinstra, J.S. (graduation committee)
Rosbottom, D.J. (graduation committee)
Pimlott, Mark (graduation committee)
Pietsch, S. (graduation committee)
Thomas, A.R. (graduation committee)

Delft University of Technology

Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Interiors Buildings Cities

2023-11-09

MHKA (Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp), is a museum established in the 1970's. Given spatial and characteristic requirements, it is seeking for an expansion and reestablishment in the wide art scene in Antwerp. The MHKA has deep roots in the city itself, including public inclusivity and how people have been experiencing art in various ways. From open public events, to temporary exhibitions, the museum centralizes itself around this ideology and wills to expand this to a greater scale. The new museum, VMHK, is a result of this will. From facilitating isolated art galleries to open forums on different levels, the museum is a place to gather, discuss, experiment and experience. With adaptable spaces that host a variety of public activities; the establishment seeks to act as a ground for inter & intra dialogues for the people, for the art and for the city. It becomes an unfiltered, common ground that embodies the institution's stance and character towards art & people.

museum architecture
common ground
sustainable construction
contemporary art
Antwerp

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Student theses

master thesis

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