Ambulance facility in Zeist, the Netherlands by Architectenforum

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The ambulance station in Zeist is a sustainable design. The client asked for a nearly energy neutral building constructed with renewable materials.

The building is located on the outskirts of town, near the edge of a forest. The L-shaped plan is carefully positioned between existing trees. A large beech tree shades the 4 meter high window in the main staffroom. An ambulance post has no public function, patients will never enter this building. We decided to design no façade facing the road to the entrance of the nearby hospital. Instead green sloping walls rise from the ground and transform into in the curved line of the roof, blending in with the surrounding trees and the edge of the woodlands.

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• Architects: Architectenforum
• Project: Ambulance facility
• Location: Zeist, the Netherlands
• Photography: Stijn Poelstra
  
• Software used: ArchiCAD
• Client: RAVU
• Structural engineer: IKAABEE
• Landscape design: Copijn
• Contractor: Van Zoelen
• Gross area: 550 m2
• Completion: april 2016

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The building is almost energy neutral thanks to a highly insulated envelope. Heating and cooling are provided by an all-electric system with a heat pump and a solar water heater.

Image Courtesy © Stijn Poelstra

Image Courtesy © Stijn Poelstra

Wood has many advantages as a bio-based and healthy building material. We opted for a laminated timber construction. The timber-frame facades, the siding and the window frames are also made in wood.
The curved shape of the roof is the main theme of the interior. The wooden trusses remain visible in the entire project.

Image Courtesy © Stijn Poelstra

Image Courtesy © Stijn Poelstra

Image Courtesy © Stijn Poelstra

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Image Courtesy © Architectenforum

Image Courtesy © Architectenforum

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Tags: The Netherlands, Zeist

Categories: ArchiCAD, Medical Center

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