An earthquake resistant farm

A Kop-hals-romp farm in Groningen needs to have seismic measures to preserve this National monument from heavy damage of earthquakes. These measures are then combined with a new function of an elementary school. This elementary school is positioned in a way that is stands freely in the barn without touching the existing construction.

Solutions for the Province of Groningen: Seismic retrofit of historic Amsterdam School houses

Earthquakes, as a result of commercial extraction of natural gas out of deep soil, has become a frequently recurring phenomenon in the Province of Groningen. Historically earthquakes have never been an issue in the Netherlands, and the built environment is not prepared for this phenomenon. The purpose of this research was to find suitable...