The internal routing in the current building however does not allow for the housing of a new organisation. The current position of the staircases makes it virtually impossible to use the main hall as a meeting place and disrupts an efficient routing in the building. Access to the basement is hidden and therefore functionally and visually closed off from the rest of the building. Additionally, the building appears to turn its back on the town centre’s main road: the Dorpsstraat. Finally, the council chamber, the ‘heart’ of the administration, has the outward appearance of a closed bastion.

An additional public entrance on the Dorpsstraat adds accessibility and improves contact and ‘accidental’ meetings between employees and citizens. This really brings the town hall into the centre of the new town. By enlarging the current window of the council chamber, the functioning of the council gains visibility and transparency. The current, introverted building, will – though a couple of well-chosen adaptations – be transformed into a new, modern, recognisable and efficient building with an open and accessible appearance. A beautiful new home for a beautiful new community.