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The Bonnefantenmuseum is the focal point of an early 1990s redevelopment in a former industrial quarter of Maastricht. Jo Coenen drew up a masterplan of a new city quarter, which had formerly been the site of the nineteenth-century Sfinx-Ceramique, an earthenware pottery factory. Photo by: koenpanis

Aldo Rossi was invited to design the Bonnefantenmuseum, which houses an impressive collection of Flemish painting from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, as well as a fine contemporary art collection. Rosi engaged the city by locating his project on the Mass River. Photo by: Keees

Reminiscent of Italian Renaissance architecture, his E-shaped floor plan has its open side to the river and is crowned by a zinc dome, flanked by two steel circular staircases and a panoramic terrace. The entrance on the opposite site features double-height glass wedged between the towers. In addition, an old factory hall is incorporated into the museum. Photo by: RoelJewel

Aldo Rossi became one of the world’s leading architects. A sober floor plan and regularity of form make the museum representative of Rossi’s ‘anti-Modernist’ stance. Photo by: bonbon77f

Location: Masstricht, Netherlands. Photo by: JeroenH ’64