Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen was designed by the Dutch architecture firm MVRDV. The inspiration for the shape of the building was an aluminum-colored bowl from IKEA. This Blanda Blank, a slightly shiny 3.99 euro stainless steel serving bowl, was accidentally placed on the table as a sugar bowl during preliminary discussions about the design for the building.[6][7]
The depot is a 39.5-meter-high, bowl-shaped building lined on the outside with mirrored panels, creating a more or less contiguous diminutive mirror image of its surroundings, where one can see over the surrounding buildings. The building contains 1664 mirror panels with a combined area of 6609 m2. The total floor area is 15,541 m2.[5]
The building has seven floors. On the roof is a restaurant with 120 seats.
To ensure the privacy of patients from the neighboring Erasmus MC, a number of plates have been matted on that side. Also, some spaces where daylight is needed are fitted with normal glass.[2]
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