Entries by Jordi Wenselaar

David and Goliath

Of course, Ruland Architecten also builds in the station area with Villa Breedband: the building is located near the Sonsbeek exit of Arnhem Central. The connection with the urban development of the station area is clearly visible.    

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. Dutch language only.

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 […]

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 […]

Façade with curved glass

Villa Breedband will be built with a characteristic curved glass façade. The first glass panels have been placed, as have the first anodized aluminium panels. To accentuate the partition the façace be fitted with horizontal aluminium cover strips where as the vertical joints will be sealed.

Villa Breedband emerges

Now that the masonry is at its full height and the scaffolding has partly been removed, the contours of the office building are clearly visible. The first parts of the curved curtain wall have been placed.