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Netherlands Maritime Museum - 02/02/2005

Ney & Partners has won the international design competition for covering of the Nederlands Scheepvaartsmuseum courtyard in Amsterdam.  After a first selection round with five selected structural engineering consultancies,  Ney & Partners and Jörg Schlaich were asked to study their design proposals in more depth.  The design of Ney is an optimised steel grid whose geometry is based on ancient naval maps.  The structure hardly puts any loads onto the existing building.  An integrated lighting system permits the structure to be used as a scenographic element for the exhibition building.