Museumpark: Petra Blaisse
Het Nieuwe Instituut, in collaboration with AIR, is organising a lecture by the versatile designer Petra Blaisse (Inside Outside) on the original design for the Museumpark. The Museumpark in Rotterdam is in the news. The proposal for a new Collection Building for Museum Boijmans van Beuningen has triggered debate about whether the building should be constructed in the park. That has prompted a critical look at the park's design and its significance for the architectural history of Rotterdam. Het Nieuwe Instituut and AIR therefore decided to illuminate the original design in a careful manner and to investigate its relevance as an urban space within the tradition of contemporary landscape design.
5 November 2014 20:00 - 22:00
Petra Blaisse will discuss the intentions and ambitions underlying the park design and the context in which it was created and later renewed. She worked with Rem Koolhaas (OMA) and French landscape architect Yves Brunier (1962-1991) on the original design. She also worked with OMA on the reconstruction of the park and the underground car park and water storage facility in 2010.