An Architecture for Art

Flemish Museum of Contemporary Art

Master thesis (2023)

Authors

R. Damstra Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

Mark Pimlott Situated Architecture - Architecture and the Built Environment (supervisor 1)
M.W. Klooster Teachers of Practice / A - Architecture and the Built Environment (supervisor 1)
A.R. Thomas Situated Architecture - Architecture and the Built Environment (supervisor 1)
S. Pietsch Situated Architecture - Architecture and the Built Environment (coach)
D.J. Rosbottom Situated Architecture - Architecture and the Built Environment (coach)
S. De Vocht Situated Architecture - Architecture and the Built Environment (coach)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment
Copyright: © 2023 René Damstra
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Published Date

28-06-2023

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

In summary, the design proposal is a new building for the contemporary art museum the M HKA (Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerpen), which in the future will be the Flemish oriented contemporary art museum VMHK (Flemish Museum of Contemporary Art). The project location is the existing court of appeal on the Zuiderdokken in Antwerp. The existing building will be demolished because of spatial and technical requirements and will make room in my proposal for a new museum: The building arises from the park, which the building faces. A landscape slopes up to the building's public ‘forum’ space. It is a raised level, where one can look over the flood defenses onto the river, while the art handling truck enters the building underneath. This artificial landscape, which forms the base of the building, consists entirely of recycled concrete, with various repurposed aggregate materials. Above the forum space rises a large volume, a biobased box, with all the 'silent program' of the museum. The careful placement of circulation cores allows for large art spaces.