Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Architect: Mecanoo.

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is undergoing a transformation to become an open and accessible museum with good logistics for visitors and staff. The museum is restoring and respecting the wings of architects Van der Steur and Bodon, while introducing a transparent passage that meanders between the buildings and creates a new entrance to the Museum Park. The passage also leads to a new Park Pavilion that will have a partly double-height exhibition space and a restaurant with a view over the Museum garden. The museum is also reusing the foundations and basements from the expansion of Robbrecht and Daem in 2003 to make the walking routes clear and logical. The renewed Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen will become a place for people of Rotterdam and visitors to the city, and a central player in connecting with surrounding institutions in the Museum Park.