Culture House Eemhuis

Culture House Eemhuis
	Culture House Eemhuis in 2014
Address	3812 ED Amersfoort, Netherlands; Amersfoort; Netherlands
Coordinates	52°09′34″N 5°22′57″E / 52.159347°N 5.382637°E
Capacity	172,222.57 sq ft (16,000.0 m2)
Current use	Theatre, School, Cafe, Library, Exhibition hall, archives
Construction
Opened	2014
Architect	Michiel Riedijk
Website
	heteemhuis.nl

Culture House Eemhuis is a culture house in Amersfoort, Netherlands was designed by Michiel Riedijk in 2013. The building houses cultural organizations including: a library, institutes of education, a school for arts, and spaces for art exhibition.^[2]

History

In 2013 Michiel Riedijk of Neutelings Riedijk Architects was the architect for the Eemhuis.^[2] The builders were Euramax, Harry van Interieurbouw, IFS-SGT, and Q-railing: the building was completed in 2014.^[1]^[3]

In order to build the Eemhuis the municipality had to buy out a 30 lease from a tenant who had rights to the property. The construction also had a 5 million dollar cost overrun.^[4]

The front of the building has three cantilevered sections which hang over a plaza entrance. The structure houses a library, a school of the arts, and large exhibition spaces. On the first floor of the building there is a 5500 m library: considered one of the most beautiful of the 154 libraries in the Netherlands.^[5]^[6] Each of the cantilevered sections is used for different departments: music, arts and theatre. Community archives are found in the center of the building.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Culture House Eemhuis / Neutelings Riedijk Architects". ArchDaily.com. ArchDaily. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Cultural Center Eemhuis". neutelings-riedijk.com. Neutelings-Riedijk Architects. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
^ "Future Proof of Architectural Design". q-railing.com. Q-railing Business. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
^ Onno Weggemans, Onno (7 April 2017). "Culture outside the Randstad: the struggle of Amersfoort". Cultuurpers. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
^ ^a ^b Tan, Jeanne (13 August 2014). "A New Culture Hub in the Netherlands". Azure Publishing. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
^ Van Kesteren, Manja (7 September 2018). "The most beautiful libraries in the Netherlands". IamExpat Media. Retrieved 4 August 2020.