gerrit rietveld: van gogh museum

Rietveld designed the main building of the Van Gogh museum in 1663-1964. Rietveld liked to include geometric shapes and open spaces into his architecture. We can see this in the staircase in the central hall pictured below. I think the staircase and the open design are my favorite parts about the building. There is a big skylight above the stairs that allows for natural light to fill the entire museum. I like how with the open design you can see each floor from the middle and they aren’t closed off.

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