© 2009 Rook & Nagelkerke
DEPOT NETHERLANDS MARITIME MUSEUM
E.M. VAN DER POL (ATELIER ZEINSTRA VAN DER POL), 1997-2000
Kattenburgerstraat 7, Amsterdam
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Atelier Zeinstra Van der Pol
PROJECT ARCHITECT:
Liesbeth van der Pol
BUILDING TYPE:
Museums and exhibition buildings
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Atelier Zeinstra Van der Pol
PROJECT ARCHITECT:
Liesbeth van der Pol
BUILDING TYPE:
Museums and exhibition buildings
PUBLICATIONS:
de Architect 2001-2; Bouw 2001-7/8; E. Beukers, G. Bekaert - Liesbeth van der Pol, 2002
The depot of the Netherlands Maritime Museum is sited in the high-security naval grounds behind a wall. Ninety metres long, the building is dominated by three 18 metre tall humps giving it a distinctive form that rises above the wall. These humps trace the contours of the services below. Inside the sealed outer skin of titanium-clad steel are conservation studios as well as fully climate-controlled collection storage areas completely isolated from the rest and from the outer skin in their own concrete box.