hilversum.projects 4 2 Hilversum, Netherlands Neutelings Riedijk archive, exposition space, museum Noorderbegraafplaats Institute for Sound and Vision

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1 hilversum Projects 4 Created 18-Feb-12 By Klara Weninger, Budapest, Hungary Institute for Sound and Vision 2 Neutelings Riedijk archive, exposition space, museum Villa VPRO Noorderbegraafplaats 4 cemetery, memorial space, monument, park 3 MVRDV office, recording studio Hilversum City Hall 5 government, museum 1

2 photo: Matthijs Collard photo: Daria Scagliola & Stijn Brakkee Institute for Sound and Vision Sumatralaan GP Hilversum The content of the building for Sound and Vision is the Dutch audiovisual past, from the very beginning right up to the events of yesterday The 18-metre-deep pit in which the premises are built, houses 5 levels of collections in optimal storage conditions; while above ground there is room for all the visitors facilities and for experiencing the media in Sound and Vision, also spread over 5 levels The third element is the office building of the institute The three volumes together enclose a large public atrium Graphic designer Studio Jaap Drupsteen designed the glass facade which is draped as a second skin around the building Over two thousand panes of glass, developed specially for the Institute of Sound and Image, have been engraved with over 750 archive images from the institute's television and film collection With natural daylighting, they turn the new building into a veritable work of art Merkx + Girod designed the interior, together with main architect Neutelings Riedijk m² Main designer,, Interior architect Interior architect Contractor Building physics consultant Contractor Artist Services engineer Supplier Artist Services engineer Lighting designer Neutelings Riedijk Matthijs Merkx + Girod en Aronsohn Ballast Nedam Cauberg-Huygen Heijmans Jaap Drupsteen Kropman Installatietechniek Saint Gobain Glass Studio Drupsteen ULC Group Yellowspot Nederlands Insituut voor Beeld en Geluid photo: Daria Scagliola & Stijn Brakkee Tuesday - Sunday 10:00-21:00 h Train: go to station Hilversum-Noord Walk to the end of the platform and go right Cross the street at the roundabout You'll see the building on your left Bus: number 107 from Hilversum/Bussum to stop Media Park at train station Hilversum-Noord When you exit the bus, go to the nearest traffic signs At the roundabout go right You can't miss it 2

3 photo: VPRO Villa VPRO Sumatralaan GP Hilversum The VPRO is a public broadcasting corporation and operates in various media, producing radio and television programmes, filling digital theme channels, operating an innovative website, publishing a programme guide and organising cultural activities The VPRO has a rather special position within the broadcasting system: Enthusiasm, curiosity and quality has more value than ratings The VPRO takes its public task seriously but with slight stubbornness, purposefully choosing those programmes and topics that the other broadcasting companies pass over It aims to surprise, inspire awe, enrage and inform, as well as touch people, make them think, laugh and put things into perspective It provides the opportunity to explore, but also to see the world around them, the VPRO is in continuous dialogue with its articulate and critical target group This pioneering and spirit manifests itself in more than just the programming; the Villa VPRO is a physical embodiment of all the above elements photo: Bjorn Utpott m² MVRDV Arup Pieters Bouwtechniek VPRO MI_MOA 3

4 Noorderbegraafplaats Laan LS Hilversum was born in Amsterdam in 1884 After graduating as an engineer from the Royal Military Academy in Breda, he was involved in the design and construction of fortresses and barracks for the Dutch army In 1913, he started a career as a civil architect, when he was appointed temporary director of the Public Works department of the city of Leiden While in his early work Dudok's style is closely related to that of the Amsterdam School, later the influence of Frank Lloyd Wright becomes more important, resulting in a style that is sometimes referred to as Cubistic Expressionism Dudok's work is of some international influence He died in Hilversum in 1974 and is buried at the Noorderbegraafplaats (Northern Cemetary), one of his own designs m² Hilversum Municipality Harmen Sunrise to sunset Railway station Hilversum-Noord (3 minutes walk to the East) 4

5 Hilversum City Hall Dudokpark JE Hilversum Dudok became City for the town of Hilversum in 1928 and designed and built about 75 houses, public buildings and entire neighbourhoods there, best known for the brick Hilversum City Hall (Raadhuis), completed in 1931 Not only did he design the building, but also the interior including the carpets, furniture and even the mayor's meeting hammer Dudok's early style grew out of the Amsterdam School but the dramatic massing, asymmetry, the overhanging eaves and other elements of his landmark City Hall were clearly influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright and the Chicago Prairie School Dudok continued to produce progressive, Dutch modernist structures in Hilversum for decades, through the 1960s, and had international influence He received the RIBA Gold Medal in 1935 and the AIA Gold Medal in 1955 He also designed buildings in Paris, the Collège néerlandais in the Cité Universitaire, a cultural centre in Baghdad and a cinema in Calcutta 1931 Norbert_van_Onna Tours are being organised every Sunday at 14:00hr Including tower-ascent Entree: east side, Dudokcentrum 5