Nieuw Land
Poldermuseum, Lelystad
The difference in height
between water and land in a polder, was chosen as the theme of this design. The
basalt understructure is dike-shaped, its green roof assuming the profile of
turf on a dike. The exhibition space occupies the long tube sitting on the dike
like a cannon, recalling those that used to be fired to announce the spring. At
the same time the tube is a telescope which, looking out over IJsselmeer
and Lelystad, magnifies the difference in level between water and land. Inside
the tube the dike acts as a boundary between an imaginary sea and a polder
standing on stilts. The tube is supported by timber batter piles, a reference
to the Batavia,
the Dutch East India Company vessel being reconstructed nearby.
Client
Stichting
Initiatiefgroep Nieuw Land
Architect
Benthem
Crouwel Architekten
Design
exhibition
Donald Janssen Ontwerpers
Gross
floor area
1940
m²
Start
construction
1991
Completion
1993
