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BONNEFANTENMUSEUM

A. ROSSI (STUDIO DI ARCHITETTURA), 1990-1995, Avenue Céramique 250, Maastricht

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Aldo Rossi
Studio di Architettura

ASSISTING ARCHITECT:
Umberto Barbieri
Giovanni da Pozzo

BUILDING TYPE:
Museums and exhibition buildings


RELATED BUILDINGS:
Urban Design Sphinx Céramique
Headquarters Sphinx Céramique

This museum building comprises three wings linked in an E-shape at the entrance side and a cylindrical tower crowned by a zinc dome, like a beacon on the Maas. Inside, the entrance hall is dominated by a telescopic toplit space. On axis with the entrance hall is a monumental flight of stairs wedged between two 14 metre high brick walls. The exhibition spaces upstairs are more traditional with a fine focus on daylight penetration. Rossi’s architecture refers back to Maastricht’s Roman past and the site’s former industrial function.