MAP - IMAGES  - NEXT PROJECT
ARCHITECTUURGIDS.NL / ARCHITECTUREGUIDE.NL
AFSLUITDIJK
C. LELY, BUREAU ZUIDERZEEWERKEN, 1918-1933, Afsluitdijk, Afsluitdijk
Afsluitdijk / Afsluitdijk ( C. Lely, Bureau Zuiderzeewerken )
© 2011 google_earth
The construction of the Afsluitdijk signalled the start of drainage of the Zuiderzee, since known as IJsselmeer. The last section of dyke in place is marked by a monument designed by Dudok. A horizontal observation platform looks out over the conquered sea. Counterbalancing this is a half-concrete, half-glass tower with stairs leading up to a lookout post with a view of the dyke and the mud-flats. At each end of the dyke is a series of discharge sluices designed by the architect Roosenburg, consisting of concrete machine rooms in solemn ranks with steel sluice gates slung in-between.