Newsletter December 2018
In this newsletter we report on the completion of the Masterplan Maastricht station, the approaching completion of Villa Breedband Arnhem and the new project façade restoration of the Enschede station building.
Inside Villa Breedband
The panorama photo of the first floor already gives a good impression of the future office spaces for Villa Broadband. The work on the curtain walls, the brickwork core and the installations continue.
Restoration of facade railway station Enschede
The Enschede station building was designed by the then Rail Architect H.G.J. Schelling within the “system architecture” that he often applied; buildings designed on a regular grid and constructed from precast concrete elements. During a renovation in 2000, a large part of this prefab concrete facade was replaced by natural stone slabs, in deviation from this system architecture. However, this facade cladding does not meet the construction requirements.
In the facade recovery plan of Ruland Architecten, the natural stone is replaced by the characteristic facade concrete elements. These will be reproduced on the basis of the old drawings and molds. As a result, the monumental station building regains its original appearance and the cohesion in Schelling’s unique design is restored
AKO bookshop opened at station Maastricht
Today, the restored retail space for the AKO has been taken into use. The rooms have been brought back to their original size and the old color scheme has been re-applied. That the entrances to the retail space have been converted into an open and transparent entrance. This new entrance is set back from the natural stone entrance portals.