Sustainability of Constructions. Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven

Eindhoven is a city of the Netherlands. Van Abbemuseum is a newly re ovated museum in 2003. The historical museum building, dating from 1936, is designed by architect Kropholler, and architect Abel Cahen designed the integration into the spectacular new wing. Also the old part of the museum is welcoming to the visitors from the main street, while the small pink aluminium cladded entrance house is an entrance to the new wing. In this case study, the sustainability topic will be discussed how they could manage to hold the old building still standing for the entrance part of the whole museum complex, old and new. During the observations, the advantages of the new construction system will be underlined to show how a new wing can be successful in the sustainability of old constructions from the use of new materials as iron and steel in both structural solutions and also in constructional details.