New RACM office building - KADE
Description
Along Smallepad in Amersfoort, the new accommodation for the Rijksdienst voor Archeologie, Cultuurlandschap en Monumenten (RACM) is currently under construction. The innovative and transparent building was designed by Spanish architect Juan Navarro Baldeweg. Decisive for the building's design was its location on the edge of the historic city centre and its location along the railway line. At the front of the building there will be a pond, a large canopy and a facetted, backward-sloping facade that carefully establishes the relationship with the Zocherpark. The building's backward-sloping façade reflects the Dutch skies so beautifully painted by 17th-century masters such as Ruysdael and Saenredam. This façade gives the building its nickname: The "Guggenheim of Amersfoort". At the rear, the building becomes more enclosed, due to the presence of the railway yard. Another striking feature of the design is the use of Dutch building materials such as slate, copper and brick for the exterior, and wood and stucco for the interior.
A parking garage will be built under the building, where users of the building can park their cars and bicycles. Besides the Rijksdienst RACM, the building will house the cultural exhibition centre KADE (Kunst aan de Eem) with a museum café, art library and exhibition space.
The building houses a number of laboratory spaces, a photo studio and presentation rooms, which are very sensitive to building vibrations. Thereby, nuisance to people in the building also proved to be a real risk. Because of the building's location along the railway line, it was necessary to provide the building with full vibration isolation, by means of rubber blocks under the ground floor.
PARTIES INvolved
Client: Rijksgebouwendienst, The Hague
User: RACM and KADE
Architect: Navarro Baldeweg Asociados (Juan Navarro Baldeweg) i.c.w. ADP architectuur Design en Planning BV, Amsterdam
Construction advisor: ABT bv, Velp
Installation consultant: HE adviseurs
Building physics and fire safety: DGMR Raadgevende Ingenieurs, Arnhem
Management: Stevens Van Dijck, 's- Hertogenbosch
Contractor: Visser & Smit bouw bv, Papendrecht
Installers: Burgers Ergon Installatietechniek Apeldoorn, Van Galen Klimaattechniek BV
14.30 - 15:00
Reception at the Observant, Stadhuisplein 7 in Amersfoort
15:00
Introduction by Berend Saalmink (project leader/construction engineer at ABT): "The structural design".
15:20
Introduction by Bart van der Graaf (consultant Vibration Technology and Low Noise Construction at DGMR): "Insulation of rail traffic vibrations".
15.40:00
Introduction by Roel Smit (director Stevens Van Dijck): "State of the art technology in a traditional process".
16:00
Introduction by Gertjan Verlare (work planner Visser & Smit bouw bv): "Work in progress".
16:20
Guided tour of the construction site
17:20 - 18:00
Closing drinks at the construction site
Location
De Observant, Stadhuisplein 7, Amersfoort
Organiser
Construction
Name and contact details for information
Information from Cherie van Haren, ABT bv in Velp, using the e-mail address below.
Register via
Due to the availability of reception space, the number of participants is limited to 35 persons. Participation is at your own risk. Please register no later than 1 July 2008 with Cherie van Haren, ABT bv in Velp, via the e-mail address below or by fax: 026 - 368 3160.
c.v.haren@abt.eu