Located in the heart of Gorssel, in the east of the Netherlands, the new Museum for Realistic Art for Hans Melchers by Hans van Heeswijk Architects will be housed in the former town hall of Gorssel. The museum will be a pavilion-like building of two floors with strategic vistas to the park-like environment in which it is located. Besides exhibiting the permanent collection, the building will also house temporary exhibitions. Construction will start in the spring of 2013 and the museum is expected to open in the spring of 2015. More images and architects’ description after the break.
Hans Melchers, new owner of the Dutch paintings from the DS Art collection, commissioned Amsterdam based Hans van Heeswijk Architects to design the new museum for realistic art. The Melchers family and the municipality of Lochem (to which Gorssel nowadays belongs) are very pleased with this response. Mayor Frans Spekreijse: “Hans Melchers dreamed of a museum in the east of the Netherlands. I am very pleased that this will become reality in Gorssel. I have high expectations of the museum and the opportunities it will bring.”
