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CULTURE CLUSTER ENSCHEDE

SEARCH, 2003-2008, Het Rozendaal, Enschede

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
SeARCH

PROJECT ARCHITECT:
Bjarne Mastenbroek
Uda Visser
Ad Bogerman
Fabian Wallmüller

BUILDING TYPE:
Museums and exhibition buildings
Reuse


RELATED BUILDINGS:
Roombeek

Part of the former Rozendaal textile factory now houses the TwentseWelle museum, whose three components are devoted to textiles, natural history and local history. These are housed in the production hall and everything else in a new portion, the two connected across a public 'culture street' by a bridge and a subterranean passage. The new-build portion of eclectic forms combines studio houses with a winding block of apartments, retaining an old factory wall as the front facade. A tower equipped with a stainless steel curtain as solar protection houses all the non-public spaces and acts as a focus of attention. The museum's spine is the Open Depot, a display case 110 metres long, 5.5 metres high and 3 metres deep.