© 2004 Rook & Nagelkerke
INFLATABLE DAM
ZWARTS & JANSMA, 1996-2002
Balgweg 1/N50 (Ketelmeer), Kampen
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Rein Jansma
Moshé Zwarts
Zwarts & Jansma
BUILDING TYPE:
Civil engineering works
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Rein Jansma
Moshé Zwarts
Zwarts & Jansma
BUILDING TYPE:
Civil engineering works
PUBLICATIONS:
H. Ibelings e.a. - Zwarts & Jansma Architecten, 2003
A product of the ‘great rivers delta plan’ of 1995, this dam is to regulate the high water between the inland seas of Ketelmeer and Zwartemeer during heavy storms. It is in effect a gigantic set of rubber bellows that can be inflated to attain a height of eight metres. The only parts visible at normal water level are the two pump control rooms flanking the dam. The roofs, constructed of six ellipsoidal trusses with stainless steel panels, echo the shape of the dam. All 230 panels are differently shaped.