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MUSEUM KAMP VUGHT

CLAUS EN KAAN, 1996-2002, Lunettenlaan 600, Vught

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Claus en Kaan

PROJECT ARCHITECT:
Felix Claus

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT:
Michael van Gessel

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Felix Claus
Kees Kaan

BUILDING TYPE:
Museums and exhibition buildings

A small part of the original concentration camp at Vught has been restored as a national museum. The new combined entrance and exhibition building shields the restored part from the outside world. Each of its rooms has its own spatial proportions, daylight distribution and in a few cases a view of the sky or the remains of the camp. Visitors follow a route past several exhibition rooms, out into the grounds and then in through several more such rooms and back to the entrance. The front facade is subdued and refined. A massive concrete canopy dominates the entrance. All facades alternate layers of narrow terracotta tiles and broad recessed mortar joints.