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Museum Romeins Halder / RESET ARCHITECTURE

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MUSEUM, ADAPTIVE REUSE • SINT-MICHIELSGESTEL, THE NETHERLANDS

Architects: RESET ARCHITECTURE

Area: 126.0 m²

Year: 2017

Photographs: Stijn Poelstra

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Text description provided by the architects. Reset Architecture transforms a barn at a historical estate
into a museum.
This project addresses a current theme of the changing countryside that is no longer mainly used for
agriculture. Within this context of change the intention of this project originated from preservation;
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sharing the past of a beautiful location. The architecture of this adaptive reuse project does not react to
history in a nostalgic or thematic way, it uses a more context sensitive approach. The interior has
changed to a level in which the old and new merge but still are, without hierarchy, visually present. As a
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result the new setting evokes a self-evident presence that relates to the characteristics of the natural
scenery.

The Museum Roman Halder houses archaeological artifacts. Halder was a notable settlement where
pottery and metal objects where produced during Roman times. Nearby the archaeological site, the
museum is set up at the Haanwijk estate. The 17th century estate is located in a beautiful nature area at
the river Dommel, located in-between Eindhoven and ’s-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands. A system of
well-perceived tree lanes, woods and fields provide a surprisingly quiet countryside feel, situated not far
away from urban surroundings. The new museum accentuates the societal value and historical
significance of the site. It is the start of further big plans to musealise the nature reserve and renovation
of the listed buildings on the estate by the owner; Nature Association Brabantslandschap.

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A pinhole shoebox scene

The barn is transformed with one simple architectural intervention. A new wooden volume in the
longitudinal direction of the barn provides the museum with 3 zones. The ground floor is divided into
reception- and exhibition spaces. The first floor is used as a study space for archaeological research. The
wooden volume is positioned in an oblique line in the plan, this creates a surprising spatial e ect. It
opens up the view and emphasises the size of the space. It is a bold move that could easily have been
predominant in the experience of space. However, this optically e ect is further enhanced by a sloping
line in the railing that helps to balance out the perception of the perspective and creates a calm
environment.

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Limited changes have been made to the exterior of the barn. The entrance is marked but otherwise the
appearance of the barn, that adjoins the monumental building, remains intact. The barn was e iciently
built in a time of scarcity a er the Second World War. Four atypical cruck timber frames are the most
characteristic elements that indicate this era. The wood is unpolished rough but the carpentry is made
with great cra smanship. This combination of raw materials and sophisticated detailing is inspiring; it’s
an approach that has been adopted in the new design. The most dominant new element is the delicate
wood finished wall. Poplar wooden slats in three sizes are arranged in a continuous rhythm so that the
vertical support structure of the railing remains out of sight. The Poplar originates from the Haanwijk
estate. It is a special cut for this project from wood whose quality would not meet regular standards. The
approach of raw and refined also shows in the diligent polished barn-like concrete floor that did not
receive any further finishing material. Reset architecture embraced the “farmer's e iciency” and
continued the method of not doing more than necessary in a local and sensibly way. Most materials are
bio-based. The barn is insulated with flax in timber framed walls finished with clay plaster. However, the
interior does not present itself as a distinctive eco-architecture. The interior is a quiet and elegant Save
background for the exhibition and a smooth continual factor of the landscape outside.

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Project location

Address: Haanwijk 6, 5271 VG Sint-Michielsgestel, The Netherlands

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Location to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not exact address.

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