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CAFÉ RESTAURANT OPEN

P.B. DE BRUIJN (DE CIE.), 2006-2008, Westerdoksplein 20, Amsterdam

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
de Architekten Cie.
Pi de Bruijn

BUILDING TYPE:
Hotels, cafés, restaurants
Reuse

The only feature to recall the site's railway past is the steel turning span of a railway swing bridge from 1922, standing permanently open on a pivot pier. After removing the counterweight and adding a trestle structure, a restaurant could be built on the bridge deck. A lightweight steel structure, it is connected to the abutment by a new bridge equipped with stairs and a lift.