Discussion: “We Want to Re-program Buildings” A Conversation with Reinier de Graaf

Issue

01-02/2017 Refurbishment, Conversion

Author

Frank Kaltenbach

Source

DETAIL

Task

Conversion / Refurbishment

Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Gorky Park, Moscow 2015, former Vremena Goda pavilion with restaurant, 1968; Entrance facade with new polycarbonate envelope

Reinier de Graaf has been at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture OMA for 20 years. He is one of the firm’s nine partners. De Graaf established AMO (the office’s think tank), co-curated exhibitions, and was in charge of the realization of several OMA buildings, including a skyscraper in Rotterdam, the Timmerhuis in Rotterdam, and Holland Green, the new seat of...