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POLICE STATION VAALS
W.M.J. ARETS, 1993-1995, Maastrichterlaan/Randweg, Vaals
Politiebureau Vaals / Police Station Vaals ( W.M.J. Arets )
© 2006 Jan Derwig

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Wiel Arets

PROJECT ARCHITECT:
Rhea Harbers

BUILDING TYPE:
Government buildings

The brief for this police office, a sentinel posted on the outskirts of Vaals, splits into three elongated parallel blocks. Each has its own job to do and its own material: a zinc block of cells, a timber administration zone and an office block of reinforced concrete, a material also found on the various roofs of the complex. The whole is accessed by a pedestrian route bridging two levels in the immediate surroundings. By looking from the entrance in the centre of the zinc block along a sight line square to the trio of blocks, the building’s organization can be taken in at a glance.