Culture House Eemhuis
Culture House Eemhuis in 2014
Address3812 ED Amersfoort, Netherlands
Amersfoort
Netherlands
Coordinates52°09′34″N 5°22′57″E / 52.159347°N 5.382637°E / 52.159347; 5.382637
Capacity172,222.57 sq ft (16,000.0 m2)[1]
Current use
Theatre, School, Cafe, Library, Exhibition hall, archives
Construction
Opened2014
ArchitectMichiel Riedijk
Website
heteemhuis.nl

Culture House Eemhuis is a culture house in Amersfoort, Netherlands was designed by Michiel Riedijk in 2013. The building houses cultural organizations including: a library, institutes of education, a school for arts, and spaces for art exhibition.[2]

History

The archive in the Eemhuis in Amersfoort

In 2013 Michiel Riedijk of Neutelings Riedijk Architects was the architect for the Eemhuis.[2] The builders were Euramax, Harry van Interieurbouw, IFS-SGT, and Q-railing: the building was completed in 2014.[1][3]

In order to build the Eemhuis the municipality had to buy out a 30 lease from a tenant who had rights to the property. The construction also had a 5 million dollar cost overrun.[4]

The front of the building has three cantilevered sections which hang over a plaza entrance. The structure houses a library, a school of the arts, and large exhibition spaces. On the first floor of the building there is a 5500 m library: considered one of the most beautiful of the 154 libraries in the Netherlands.[5][6] Each of the cantilevered sections is used for different departments: music, arts and theatre. Community archives are found in the center of the building.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Culture House Eemhuis / Neutelings Riedijk Architects". ArchDaily.com. ArchDaily. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Cultural Center Eemhuis". neutelings-riedijk.com. Neutelings-Riedijk Architects. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "Future Proof of Architectural Design". q-railing.com. Q-railing Business. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  4. ↑ Onno Weggemans, Onno (7 April 2017). "Culture outside the Randstad: the struggle of Amersfoort". Cultuurpers. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  5. 1 2 Tan, Jeanne (13 August 2014). "A New Culture Hub in the Netherlands". Azure Publishing. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  6. ↑ Van Kesteren, Manja (7 September 2018). "The most beautiful libraries in the Netherlands". IamExpat Media. Retrieved 4 August 2020.

Further reading

  • Lucassen, Miro (2015). Twice a false start: Five Years of Messing Around with the KAdE Art Hall. Vol. 1. Pacifica, California: Regional Digging. ISBN 9789082126648.
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