This one’s not built yet, but it’s already got me intrigued. An insertion into and old former water tower, in the town of Noordwijk, Netherlands.
Through that lovely model we can see how this is an example of a building “designed in section”, which is to say that there has been a lot of attention placed into the interplay of rooms and spaces in the vertical direction. We’re more familiar with looking at plan views, and evaluating how this room joins another room just next to it. But the upwards dance is just as important in creating spaces that feel good and enlivening, especially in something like a tower which, by it’s very nature, can’t accommodate much spreading out. The model shows off the complex interlocking rooms, with mezzanines, double height spaces, stairs criss-crossing, and the grand windows both high and low.
An adaptive reuse (yay!) that will house both a private home and some public areas, the tower will be capped with a viewing platform to look out over the rugged landscape. Colour me interested!
Water Tower by Studio Akkerhuis
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