Town Hall, Public Library and Parking Garage Heerhugowaard
The center of Heerhugowaard, 30 miles north of Amsterdam, is changing dramatically. Central to the metamorphosis is a new city plaza right next to the Town Hall which dates from 1982. A new wing with information and social services for the public opens up the building to the outside world and invites it to come inside.
A busy urban department store is created by interweaving public functions, where various services remain recognizable.
The existing brick buildings are joined by two distinctly recognizable wings: a municipal department, clad in bluestone and a library with a wooden exterior.
The 30 feet high entrance hall provides spatial coherence. An ambulatory around the adjacent courtyard connects the existing cube of the meeting hall with the new free-form spaces containing service counters, the book library with cafés for reading and internetting, the art lending library and the wedding room. A cupola topped with a mezzanine offers a splendid view of this new heart of Heerhugowaard.
Function | Office Building, Industrial / Cultural |
Status | Realized |
Client |
Burgemeester en Wethouders van de Gemeente Heerhugowaard |
Location |
Parelhof 1, Heerhugowaard |
Project architect |
Hans van Heewijk |
Project team |
Jens Böhm, Eelco Braakman, Stephanie Haumann, Hans van Heeswijk, Arjen Honig, Rob Hulst, Rinke Kluwer, Holger Mührmann, Jeroen Rademaker |
Start |
2003 |
Completed |
2008 |
GFA |
19.000 m2 |