The design sketch for a new entrance to the Drents Museum can be back in the deskula. The intended entrance, in the form of a funnel cup, does not get off the ground.
With well -attended exhibitions it is a well -known image. The numbers of visitors hope for the current entrance to the Museum Building in Assen. The ‘trap’ is a thorn in the eye of the management and is also not a calling card. Guests have to stand outside in line and certainly in bad weather conditions that is no fun.
According to architect Erick van Egeraat, that would be the past, should his design be implemented. With a new entrance, with a kind of funnel cup as a look, large visitor flows would effortlessly find their way to the public hall. Without long queues.
No matter how enthusiastic of Egeraat is; The design sketches can be done in the trash. The museum has stopped the process that must lead to a new entrance. “The management of the Drents Museum finds this a long process, has experienced little commitment from the municipality and has not been able to control the proposal. They doubt whether there will be an outcome that the Drents Museum can move forward,” writes the municipality of Assen, who has been informed by letter about the decision.
In a further explanation, the municipality writes the decision of the museum to respect. “But we are sincerely unfortunate that they have come to this conclusion. If this changes in the near future, we are certainly willing to explore further possibilities together.”
“A little disappointing,” Van Egeraat responds to the fact that his designed entrance is not coming. According to the architect, the municipality struggled too much. “While it is an innovative solution to solve a problem. Namely that of people who otherwise stand outside, in the rain, to be able to enter. But the object (referring to the funnel cup) is apparently a problem.”
One of the objections to the intended entrance is damage to the protected cityscape. According to the municipality, the design does not go together with the cultural -historical values on the square.
Incidentally, Van Egeraat does not let itself be flattened, if new entrance plans are forged. With a request, he takes a seat behind the drawing table for a new design sketch. “It is important to keep the dialogue,” he keeps himself diplomatic. “But the municipality must cooperate. Against will and thanks it makes no sense either.”