28-30 08 09
At the Uitmarkt, the start of the Dutch cultural season in Amsterdam, the Stedelijk distributed new promotional bags.
19 12 08
Carolien Gehrels, Alderman of Culture of the City of Amsterdam and its representative as client for the building work at the museum, attended a ceremony to mark the completion of excavations for the Stedelijk's new annex. She spoke briefly about the construction process and schedule, announcing that the hand-over of the entire building is expected to take place in December 2009, after which the museum can re-open to the public in March/April 2010. The completion of the foundations is an important milestone: now that the basement has also been pumped out and the roof can be made watertight, it will be possible to position the steel skeleton of the 'bathtub' and cover it with Twaron fibre panels. This will be accomplished in 2009. The construction process can be followed via www.stedelijkindestad.nl, with short films about the building work, an animation of the new building and interviews with Mels Crouwel and others.
13 12 08
The exhibition Holy Inspiration, religion and spirituality in modern art. Stedelijk Museum in De Nieuwe Kerk started. The Stedelijk Museum shows over 80 highlights from its collection in De Nieuwe Kerk on the Dam in Amsterdam. Many of the works displayed by Mondriaan, Malevich, Chagall, Schnabel, Barnett Newman, Rothko, Bacon, Gilbert & George, Mike Kelley and Marlene Dumas have not been seen for years and are now taken on a different dimension in the context of De Nieuwe Kerk. Benthem Crouwel, together with Concern, is responsible for the design: exhibition spaces in the form of a red cross, placed in the centre of the huge vertical space of the church.
10-11 12 08
As designers of the refurbishment and extension of the New Stedelijk Museum, Benthem Crouwel participated in the Design Week of the Hong Kong Design Centre; Asia’s leading international conference dedicated to design, brand and innovation. Benthem Crouwel contributed to the exhibition and to a Forum session. On December 10th, the exhibition was officially opened in presence of guests of honour Mr. Hon. Timothy Fok Tsun Ting and drs. Robert Schuddeboom, Consul General at the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong. The three-part Forum event was held at Innocentre, Kow Loon on December the 11th. Here Ingeborg de Roode, curator at the Stedelijk Museum, Marten Wassmann, partner at Benthem Crouwel and Gilian Schrofer, designer of the museum’s restaurant facilities, gave lectures about the New Stedelijk Museum.
31 05 08
For the third time, the 'Dag van de Bouw' takes place. Various building sites throughout the Netherlands have an open day, to give the public the opportunity to take a close look at the construction of projects. In Amsterdam, the sites of Benthem Crouwel's ACTA, the Stedelijk Museum and the North/Southline are open to the public (www.dagvandebouw.nl).
01 04 08
Benthem Crouwel is building in Amsterdam: the Elicium (Amsterdam RAI), the Academic Center Dentistry Amsterdam, the North/Southline subway stations, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and the B.C.P. Jansen Instituut.
12 04 07
Preparations for the new building of the Stedelijk Museum
were marked by a Japanese Groundbreaking Ceremony. Together with the City of Amsterdam and the Japanese firm Teijin Limited (one of the
most important Founders for the new extension), the Stedelijk Museum
performed the accompanying symbolic ceremonial actions on the Museumplein. This
symbolic act was also intended to solicit good fortune for the whole project,
including success for the museum after its opening in 2009.
On May 1, 2007 the site will be turned over to the contractor, Midreth, and
the building process will commence. It is expected that the first piles will be
driven after the summer.