visitors center Oostvaardersplassen, Almere
competition

The national nature reserve visitor center Oostvaardersplassen is strategically located in the landscape, built into the railway embankment. The visitor center is also a station. The railway embankment has been transformed from a barrier into a link.

I.c.w. Korteknie Stuhlmacher Architects

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The visitor center is conceived as an observation in nature that has nestled inconspicuously in the railway embankment.

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plan
The new visitor center has on both sides of the track a direct relationship to surrounding natural landscape.

plan

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The platform of the train station is also viewpoint.

impression interior
The interior is bright and spacious. The windows offer a panoramic view over the landscape.