The Raadhuis (1938-1939) is located in the centre of Winterswijk, together with its surroundings, it offers great possibilities to create a communal centre on this site again. In its past this has already been the case with the post office, banks, church and of course the town hall on site. Next to that the Winterswijk offers a perfect tourism network: shopping tourism in the centre and natural tourism in the Nationaal Landschap Winterswijk. Besides, the hinterland also contains a dense structure of agricultural activities, in which a lot of agricultural knowledge can be found. These elements of the existing situation - a good basis for a communal centre and the agricultural knowledge of the hinterland - can mutually enhance each other. The site and its adjacent buildings offer a perfect basis to make it communal, while the former town hall has the perfect characteristics to pool agricultural knowledge in the form of a Think Tank. In this Think Tank the knowledge of people from academical, governmental, and executive field can be bundled. It is a place where experts can come together for debates, workshops, or informative events, to come up with better ideas for agriculture now and in the future. But also laymen can get to know agriculture. This can be done in the Think Tank pavilions in the park and the tower, but also in the restaurant on the ground floor or during information nights. On the north side, a courtyard is created encapsuled by an arcade. A place to have a break during the debates or to have a presentation on the tribune, with a perfect view on the park and façades of the former town hall. In the existing building the wings on the ground- and the first floor are opened up again to improve the natural light inlet. On the second floor the council chamber gives room for debates and presentations and the wedding room is transformed into the study room. In all rooms the characteristic structure is kept in sight. On the ground and the first floor this is the for that time very modern concrete load bearing construction, for the most important rooms - the wedding room and the council chamber - these are the wooden trusses. In the new design these existing structures are kept in sight.