Utrecht University Museum
UTRECHT The University Museum Utrecht is the treasurer of Utrecht’s academic heritage. This is the place where the public actively familiarizes themselves with science and the university. The University Museum is located in the former Botanical Laboratory of the University of Utrecht on the Lange Nieuwstraat. At the request of the University, ToornendPartners produced a […]
Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
SCHIEDAM Major maintenance will be carried out at the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam in 2020 and 2021. After an extensive assessment of the actual state and functioning of the building in 2018, for which ToornendPartners gave a second opinion, it was concluded that the exterior of the building had deteriorated as a result of internal climate […]
Stedelijk Museum Kampen
KAMPEN For the Municipal Museum in the Hanseatic city of Kampen, ToornendPartners calculated the operational and organizational costs during the transition phase to the desired privatization. Based on the principle that the museum should be able to operate independently of the municipality, it was necessary to analyse whether the museum had sufficient means to ensure […]
Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar
ALKMAAR The Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar regularly receives works on loan from national and international collections. The building meets the requirements set by its own insurer, but lenders sometimes demand higher security requirements of the museum. The museum has asked ToornendPartners to check the security level and ascertain adaptations to optimize the museum’s security. ToornendPartners published […]
Town yard
AMSTERDAM ZUIDOOST The borough of Amsterdam-Zuidoost has decided that its Management and Enforcement departments will share a new building. ToornendPartners has first investigated which locations are the most suitable. Subsequently, ToornendPartners has drawn up the project brief in collaboration with the future users and then taken care of the selection of the design team. The […]
Stadsgehoorzaal Leiden
LEIDEN The theatre technology in the Stadsgehoorzaal reached the end of its technical life. On request of Stadspodia Leiden, ToornendPartners first checked which preconditions the building imposed on renovation of the theatre technology. Based on this research, the management decided to replace and expand the rigging system and the grid, to improve accessibility to the […]
Netherlands Architecture Institute
ROTTERDAM The Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi) in Rotterdam is a platform, a museum, a library and a collection building all in one. The NAI reached a growing audience through education programs, manifestations and debates. In order to make the building suitable for this role, a renovation of the entrance area turned out to be necessary. […]
Centre for Musicians
AMSTERDAM The Centre for Musicians, muzyQ, in Amsterdam was built by the Foundation Orfeos Studio (S-O-S). This unique multipurpose centre for musicians, contains a wide variety of dedicated work and rehearsal spaces with supporting facilities such as a restaurant, recording studios and small and large auditorium for performances. From the outset in 2004 ToornendPartners supported […]
Museum Prinsenhof
DEN HAAG Commissioned by the municipality of Delft and together with the museum, ToornendPartners drew up a global Design brief with a cost estimate for the optimization of Museum Prinsenhof. The museum tells, among others, the story of William of Orange and traces the history of Delft. The Design brief is the basis for a […]
Museum Meermanno
DEN HAAG Museum Meermanno | The House of the Book (formerly Meermanno-Westreenianum, as indicated on the facade) is the oldest book museum devoted to books in the world. It is located in the former residence of the founder of the museum Willem Hendrik Jacob baron van Westreenen van Tiellandt (1783-1848) on the Prinsessegracht in The […]