ARCHITECTURE The monumental staircase remained and continues to have an important function in the routing. The new entrance hall also has the possibility to follow a route through the new halls. A broad stairway in a spacious loft offers views of the routing that leads to the lower exhibition rooms. Here, among other things under the square, a large exhibition hall of ± 1,100 m² is created. LOWEST LEVEL
From this lowest level in the building it is possible to move to a new exhibition hall in the floating volume level. Via two escalators in an enclosed yellow “tube”, straight through the new entrance hall, the two exhibition areas are connected. This way the visitor crosses the entrance area without leaving the exhibition route and without being distracted by the public functions: visitors remain in the museum atmosphere. The exhibition hall in the floating volume is directly connected to the hall of honor in the old building, which makes the routing circle complete. Due to the variety of types of space, a new museum comes into existence with a wealth of experiences and exhibition
opportunities. The existing building will be - untouched - in full glory, but at the same time begin a new life, with the new orientation at the Museumplein, under one roof with the new building. FACT SHEET ARCHITECTURE
Facade Material: The smooth white surface of the facade is made up of 271 panels of a pioneering new composite material with Twaron® fiber as its key ingredient. The panels are attached to the steel structure by 1,100 aluminum brackets.Twaron, a synthetic fiber, is extremely lightweight (27 kilograms per square meter, or less than half the weight of a normal curtain wall), is five times as strong as steel, maintains its shape and strength in varying weather conditions and does not melt in fire. Because the composite with carbon fiber and Twaron can be molded, it permits the creation of a smooth, seamless surface of virtually any area. Twaron is ordinarily used for the hulls of motorboats and racing yachts, sailcloth, aerospace and industrial components and sports equipment such as tennis rackets and hockey sticks. At the Stede-
lijk, it is being used for the first time for a large-scale architectural facade. Interior Textile: Petra Blaisse, principal of the firm Inside Outside, has been commissioned by the Stedelijk to design an architectural-scale textile for the interior of the new building. The work covers the back wall of the restaurant and extends into the entrance hall, where it rises 14 meters (46 feet) to the top. The work has been specially fabricated
by the Dutch carpet manufacturer Desso. DIMENSIONS, NEW BUILDING
Footprint at grade: 84 m x 22 m (275 ft x 72 ft). Roof: 100 m x 40 m (328 ft x 131). Height flat roof: 14 m (46 ft) above grade. Height roof: 17.85 m (58.56 ft) above grade. Depth: 8.3 m (27.2 ft) below grade. Protected plaza covered by roof overhang: 2,000 m2 (21,528 sf).