13-09-2011
Neutelings Riedijk Architecten, MAS museum, Antwerp
Gallery, Bar, Sport & Wellness, Restaurants, Pavilions, Museums,
![Neutelings Riedijk Architecten, MAS museum, Antwerp
Neutelings Riedijk Architecten, MAS museum, Antwerp](https://www.floornature.com/media/photos/1/6977/02_mas_sarah_blee_home_sez.jpg)
The museum was designed by architects Neutelings Riedijk Architecten, who won an international architecture competition held in 2000.
The museum is a 60 metre tower including temporary exhibition spaces, an urban gallery, a studio, a restaurant, a coffee shop, a storage area open to the public, 4 pavilions, a plaza and a panoramic rooftop terrace offering all-round views of the city and the harbour.
Covered with Indian red stoneware on the inside and the outside, the building looks as if sculpted out of a solid block of stoneware, emptied out at a number of different points by undulating windows that allow passers-by to see into the museum and visitors to enjoy different views of the city, the harbour and the river, depending on where they are standing.
by Agnese Bifulco
Design: Neutelings Riedijk Architecten
Design of the three basic pavilions: Crepain Binst Architecture
Location: Antwerp, Belgium
Illustrations: Filip Dujardin, Sarah Blee, Bart Huysmans
www.neutelings-riedijk.com
www.mas.be