Steel Structure New Entrance Van Gogh Museum

This week the final section was added to the steel framework for the Van Gogh Museum’s new Entrance Building. This museum extension will be a stunning example of glass in construction, enhancing the profile of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam’s Museum Square. The Entrance Building will be completed by the summer of 2015.


Photography: Jan Kees Steenman, Credits: Van Gogh Museum

The open, transparent glass Entrance Building will make use of state-of-the-art glass structures, developed and constructed by Octatube according to the latest technologies. It incorporates 650 square metres of cold-bent glazing, 12-metre-long glass roof beams, and 9.4-metre-long glass fins in the facade. The steel tube framework now in place is designed to support the glass roof and the facade. Because of the complex geometry and dozens of connection points, the steel structure has been engineered in 3D and pre-assembled in the factory to check all dimensions. The installation of the glass panels will begin in September.


Photography: Jan Kees Steenman, Credits: Van Gogh Museum


Photography: Jan Kees Steenman, Credits: Van Gogh Museum

Background information
The relocation of the Van Gogh Museum's main entrance to the Museum Square is an ideal way to strengthen the museum’s connection to the Rijksmuseum, Stedelijk Museum, and Koninklijk Concertgebouw. The new Entrance Building will also make it possible to accommodate more visitors (there are now more than 1.5 million visitors a year) and offer the highest possible standard of visitor service.
The preliminary design was developed by Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates. The more detailed design by Hans van Heeswijk architecten shows how the Entrance Building joins the exhibition wing to create a stunning new architectural ensemble.


Credits: Hans van Heeswijk architecten


Credits: Hans van Heeswijk architecten

In September, the Van Gogh Museum will hold a press conference on its new Entrance Building, with opportunities for photographs and interviews. More information to follow.