MVRDV completes 'glass farm' in the netherlands

MVRDV has completed ‘glass farm’, a project situated in the town square of schijndel, surrounded by the church, town hall, main street. the metal-framed barn structure is a scaled up version of the traditional vernacular architecture as a result of intensive studies of the remaining agricultural constructs, in collaboration with frank van der salm who made a collage from which the archetypal farm image was extracted.

image © persbureau van eijndhoven (also main image)

this image was then printed using a fritting technique on the structure’s most striking feature, an 1800 sqm glass skin that wraps the entire envelope. the large size of the project respects the original local designs and symbolizes the town’s growth into a city, as well as providing enough floor area to accommodate the restaurants, shops and a wellness center. see designboom’s earlier coverage on the conceptual phase of the project here.

positioned in the middle of the unusually large town square
image © persbureau van eijndhoven

image © persbureau van eijndhoven

image © persbureau van eijndhoven

image © persbureau van eijndhoven

‘glass farm’ by MVRDV, schijndel, the netherlands
image © persbureau van eijndhoven

image © persbureau van eijndhoven

interior
image © MVRDV

printed image on the glass skin
image © MVRDV

concept diagram
image © MVRDV