NAi SCHATKAMER, NETHERLANDS, ROTTERDAM, 2011
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| A new exhibition space for the Netherlands Architecture institute |
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The Schatkamer (treasury) is the Netherlands Architecture
Institute's new space for semi-permanent exhibitions, located in a
subterranean room previously inaccesible to the public. The new
exhibition will display 100 of the most prized objects from the
NAi's extensive archive, curated according to six themes. more.. |
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The Schatkamer is organised across two display systems: a circular
central area in which a dense and assertive curatorial approach
fosters an overall understanding of the collection, and perimeter
booths in which the single piece is shown at a very intimate and
private level to the individual visitor.
The objects are exhibited behind translucent curtains, which leaves the intermediate space free of information, but not without the sense of the presence of treasures. Within the cabinets and within the circular centre, the sense of space is never lost as the semi-transparent walls reveal the presence of the adjacent treasures. |
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FACT SHEET
Project: A ‘Treasury’ for the Netherlands Architecture institute (NAi) Status: Completed September 2011 Client: Netherlands Architecture institute Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands Site: Netherlands Architecture institute Program: 250 m2 exhibition space
COLLABORATORS
Lighting design:
CREDITS
Partner in charge: Rem Koolhaas, Ellen van Loon Project leader: Saskia Simon Team: Khalid Al Nasser, Valerie Lechene, Anna Pribylova, Shuchen Xiang |
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