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Freedom Museum, Groesbeek
Freedom Museum, Groesbeek
Groesbeek, Netherlands
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Freedom Museum, Groesbeek
Groesbeek, Netherlands
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2019
A new building for the Liberation Museum
Although the west of the Netherlands had to endure a gruesome winter of famine, the Battle of Arnhem in September 1944 was the first big step towards the liberation of the country in May 1945. Operation Market Garden and the Rhineland Offensive that effectuated this and were part of the last chapter in the victory over Nazi Germany took place in and around Groesbeek, the Netherlands. Since 1987 Groesbeek has been the location of the Liberation Museum that commemorates this important episode in Dutch history by organizing exhibitions, educationally programs and events.
The current buildings, originally from the building settlements on the artificial island of Neeltje Jans along the North Sea coast, and the characteristic knobbed dome designed by Antoon Croonen, are in need of replacement, making room for a new building heralding a new episode for the Liberation Museum. The plan is to not only expand the surface area, but to also house a new program. A growing flow of Dutch school classes and families find their way to the Museum, but also more and more foreign visitors, often as participants in a group travel plan, originating from the United Kingdom, the United States and also from Germany pay Groesbeek a visit. For that reason the Liberation Museum will be placing its presentation of history in a more international, European context and will be telling the story of the liberation of the Netherlands as an example of a battle for values that are at stake today, as much as they were then: freedom, democracy and human rights.
Shaded Dome
The wish to expand the museum to 3000 square meters in a short period and against reasonable costs and to do that in the shape of a stark landmark requires an exceptional type of building. Shaded Dome Technologies, a joint venture between Royal HaskoningDHV, Poly-Ned and ZJA Zwarts & Jansma Architects, has secured the commission and according to the plan the new Liberation Museum will already open its doors in the summer of 2019.
The Shaded Dome is an innovative building concept, in which a network of steel cables, an inflated dome and a cover made out of hi-tech textiles come together to make an extremely flexible constructive volume possible. A free span of 60 meters, like Groesbeek requires, is no problem at all. The interior lay-out that allocates reception area, restaurant, cinema and commemoration room is completely free and flexible. In terms of costs and sustainability the Shaded Dome is a very efficient structure during both the construction period as well as during its lifecycle.
The Shaded Dome to be constructed in Groesbeek will have the shape of an elongated dome of bright textile, in reference to the parachutes that filled the sky during Operation Market Garden. The shape also echoes the dome once designed by Croonen. The building, situated on an elevated plateau, will be slightly lifted, tilted and cut away on the side facing the valley. Offices and storage facilities will be built underground, so the that the restaurant offers a clear view of the valley from where the allied divisions once left for Germany.
A part of the landscape
Seen from the road, the slightly tilted Dome is located towards the back of the plateau in order to accommodate parking and provide space for outdoor events. In doing so, also some distance and trees and shrubbery can be kept between the Museum and the adjoining Canadian Field of Memory. The Dome has a very distinctive and recognizable shape, and sits on top of a hill, but the reference to the old dome, the flowing shape and texture that evokes images of parachutes and liberators all make sure that the museum forms a natural part of this flowing landscape with its winding roads and green vistas.
Shaded Dome Technologies is founded by ZJA Zwarts & Jansma Architects, Royal HaskoningDHV and Poly-Ned.
Although the west of the Netherlands had to endure a gruesome winter of famine, the Battle of Arnhem in September 1944 was the first big step towards the liberation of the country in May 1945. Operation Market Garden and the Rhineland Offensive that effectuated this and were part of the last chapter in the victory over Nazi Germany took place in and around Groesbeek, the Netherlands. Since 1987 Groesbeek has been the location of the Liberation Museum that commemorates this important episode in Dutch history by organizing exhibitions, educationally programs and events.
The current buildings, originally from the building settlements on the artificial island of Neeltje Jans along the North Sea coast, and the characteristic knobbed dome designed by Antoon Croonen, are in need of replacement, making room for a new building heralding a new episode for the Liberation Museum. The plan is to not only expand the surface area, but to also house a new program. A growing flow of Dutch school classes and families find their way to the Museum, but also more and more foreign visitors, often as participants in a group travel plan, originating from the United Kingdom, the United States and also from Germany pay Groesbeek a visit. For that reason the Liberation Museum will be placing its presentation of history in a more international, European context and will be telling the story of the liberation of the Netherlands as an example of a battle for values that are at stake today, as much as they were then: freedom, democracy and human rights.
Shaded Dome
The wish to expand the museum to 3000 square meters in a short period and against reasonable costs and to do that in the shape of a stark landmark requires an exceptional type of building. Shaded Dome Technologies, a joint venture between Royal HaskoningDHV, Poly-Ned and ZJA Zwarts & Jansma Architects, has secured the commission and according to the plan the new Liberation Museum will already open its doors in the summer of 2019.
The Shaded Dome is an innovative building concept, in which a network of steel cables, an inflated dome and a cover made out of hi-tech textiles come together to make an extremely flexible constructive volume possible. A free span of 60 meters, like Groesbeek requires, is no problem at all. The interior lay-out that allocates reception area, restaurant, cinema and commemoration room is completely free and flexible. In terms of costs and sustainability the Shaded Dome is a very efficient structure during both the construction period as well as during its lifecycle.
The Shaded Dome to be constructed in Groesbeek will have the shape of an elongated dome of bright textile, in reference to the parachutes that filled the sky during Operation Market Garden. The shape also echoes the dome once designed by Croonen. The building, situated on an elevated plateau, will be slightly lifted, tilted and cut away on the side facing the valley. Offices and storage facilities will be built underground, so the that the restaurant offers a clear view of the valley from where the allied divisions once left for Germany.
A part of the landscape
Seen from the road, the slightly tilted Dome is located towards the back of the plateau in order to accommodate parking and provide space for outdoor events. In doing so, also some distance and trees and shrubbery can be kept between the Museum and the adjoining Canadian Field of Memory. The Dome has a very distinctive and recognizable shape, and sits on top of a hill, but the reference to the old dome, the flowing shape and texture that evokes images of parachutes and liberators all make sure that the museum forms a natural part of this flowing landscape with its winding roads and green vistas.
Shaded Dome Technologies is founded by ZJA Zwarts & Jansma Architects, Royal HaskoningDHV and Poly-Ned.
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