The Museumpark was initially designed by Yves Brunier (OMA) in 1991 and is located amidst the Rotterdam Museum district, between Kunsthal, the museum Boijmans van Beuningen and the Dutch Architecture Institute (NAi). almost like a horizontal building consisting of four consequent ‘rooms’ of different character. First was an orchard that was lined by a long mirrored wall, then an elevated asphalt platform for sports and cultural happenings, third a romantic garden with planting planes that change in colour from season to season and finally a transparent pedestrian bridge.

This original design however posed new challenges. The park is bounded by buildings on the East and the West side, it has no entrance from the South. The asphalt platform by OMA severed the park in a North and South side and proved as a low quality place to stay when not in use for events. Therefore a redesign was made in 2016 by Gustafson Porter in which the wider urban area is reintroduced to the park: new, greener entrances are made and the elevated platform is reorganised with more green space. In this redesign the arrival of the new art Depot of Boijmans van Beuningen by MVRDV is taken into account as a statement building of the park.

Sources
Museumpark Rotterdam – inside outside. (n.d.). https://www.insideoutside.nl/Museumpark-Rotterdam

Vergroening omgeving Museumpark. (n.d.). Gemeente Rotterdam. https://www.rotterdam.nl/vergroening-omgeving-museumpark