Article source: RO&AD Architecten and RAU

‘TIJ  (name explanation: This is a Dutch word joke. ‘TIJ’ means ‘tide’ which refers to the returning tides in the Haringvliet, but quickly pronounced it also means ‘the egg’)

‘TIJ is the biggest and most striking of a series of objects designed to celebrate the opening of the Haringvliet sluices in November 2018. The sluices were opened in order to improve water quality and biodiversity, while also stimulating fish migration from the North Sea to the river delta system of Maas and Rhine in the Netherlands. This will create a new, salt-resistant and salt-loving natural environment. The biodiversity in the surrounding nature reserves will increase and a more robust, healthier ecosystem will develop in the coming years. To let people experience and explore these changes, a series of bird observatories have been designed in the Haringvliet area.

Image Courtesy © Katja Effting

• Architects: RO&AD Architecten and RAU
• Project: TIJ
• Location: Natuurgebied De Scheelhoek
• Photography: Katja Effting
• Software used: Rhino 3D, Grasshopper, ArchiCAD, Autocad
• Design Team RO&AD: Ad Kil, Ro Koster, Martin van Overveld, Athina Andreadou, Loyse Rebord, Rodrigo Altamirano
• Design Team RAU: Thomas Rau, Michel Tombal, Jochem Alferink
• Commissioner: Vogelbescherming & Natuurmonumenten
• Main Structural Engineer: BreedID, Den Haag
• Landscape: H+N+S Landschaps Architectuur
• Contractor: Van Hese Infra
• Construction: 10-2018 – 03-2019

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