Harvest: A Burn-Out Retreat
Revitalising 'Plots in the Woods' at Hembrug
V.F.A. Arntz (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
W.L.E.C. Meijers – Mentor (TU Delft - Heritage & Design)
G.Y. Warries – Mentor (TU Delft - Teachers of Practice / AE+T)
CIC van Emstede – Mentor (TU Delft - Heritage & Values)
S. Zijlstra – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Housing Management)
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Abstract
Harvest. A Burn-out retreat.
Revitalising 'Plots in the Woods' at Hembrug.
A former munition terrain. A hidden green enclave in Zaandam where de Zaan, het IJ and het Noordzeekanaal cross. Surrounded by water and boats, industry and a big forest. The vision of the project is to revitalise the ‘plots in the woods’ into a burn-out retreat with a focus on the wellbeing of the visitors and sustainability while maintaining the characteristic values. Just like in the past, every building will have its specific function. And all together they will form the process of the treatment of burn-outs. The three key elements are: preserve the typologies, respect the original materials as much as possible and upgrade the buildings to present-day conditions. In addition: the wellbeing of users, sustainability and reuse will be taken into account.
The plots in the woods at the Hembrug terrain was a place of violence, but quietly and by its own resources the ensemble recovered. Now it is a space created for people with a burn-out, where they can do the same. The users serve the existing landscape and buildings: the program emerges and is rooted at this location and time in society. There is now a place surrounded by nature, close to Amsterdam to take the time to unwind, wander, connect, disconnect and slowly recover.