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LA's La Brea Tar Pits project picks Kossmanndejong to lead exhibition design

2023-01-31T19:32:00-05:00

Amsterdam’s Kossmanndejong (KDJ) has been announced by the Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County as the lead exhibition designer for the La Brea Tar Pits overhaul following a competitive international search process.

In tandem with WEISS/MANFREDI and Los Angeles-based Gruen Associates, the studio will be tasked with handling the schematic design for the project, which will “reimagine” the 13-acre campus located nearby LACMA and the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures inside Hancock Park over a seven- to ten-year construction timeline.

Image: Weiss/Manfredi, courtesy NHMLAC

“We have been building toward a reimagined La Brea Tar Pits for several years now, as we plan for a visitor experience equal to the promise of sharing discoveries from a research site unique in the world,” the Museums’ Director Dr. Lori Bettison-Varga said in a statement. “Our goal is to highlight the vital relevance of the Tar Pits to our own era of climate change, provide facilities that better support ...

A new permanent home for Rotterdam's Port Authority isn't meant to last forever

2021-06-17T17:42:00-04:00

Designs for a visitor center have been unveiled this week as the city of Rotterdam looks to transform public space in Europe’s busiest port.

The new Harbor Experience Center (HEC) is a collaboration between Dutch firms MVRDV and Kossmanndejong and features a series of five exhibition spaces stacked and rotated to offer visitors unique views of the city and port through panoramic windows and an open-air rooftop terrace complete with 266 solar panels.

Rooftop view with solar panels. Images courtesy MVRDV and Kossmanndejong.

“The center allows you to discover the port and understand what it means for society, the economy, and the environment,” Richard van der Eijk, the Port of Rotterdam’s Director of Communications & External Affairs, said in a statement.

The design came together as a replacement for FutureLand, the popular tourist destination that opened in 2009 and presently hosts over 100,000 visitors a year.

An exterior view of the building with bicycle parking. Images courtesy M...