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FLOOD BARRIER SERVICE BUILDING

W.G. QUIST, 1980-1985, Faelweg 5, Werkeiland Neeltje Jans

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Wim Quist

ASSISTING ARCHITECT:
Cees van Gent

BUILDING TYPE:
Museums and exhibition buildings


RELATED BUILDINGS:
Delta Works

This service building stands on the artificial island Neeltje Jans in the middle of the https://www.architectureguide.nl/project/item/prj_id/790" class="inline_link">Oosterschelde Dam. A low-rise portion ranges stores, offices, diesel generators and workshops round an inner court with parking facilities. Visitors to the exhibition illustrating the construction of the dam are led through a glazed entrance with a bridge across the inner court to a central staircase. From there a double stair spirals up to a restaurant and the exhibition gallery both housed in an enclosed volume hovering above the inner court.