King Willem Alexander visited The Hague Hollands Spoor and the Royal Waiting Room today. We hope that he has experienced little inconvenience from the major construction work on Platform 1. Perhaps we’ll meet again at the opening of the new stairs and lift?
Station locations are increasingly becoming a crucial part of the urban environment. Ruland Architecten has been working for some time on strengthening these nodes of mobility, living, working and recreation. Read more about this in the new annual edition of the magazine ‘Station locations Netherlands 2022/2023’.
Read the article here.
Ruland Architects congratulates Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg (SRAL) on their 35th anniversary.
SRAL organized a symposium on this occasion: SRAL 35 – In relation to restoration. We were treated to interesting lectures about the full breadth of the restoration profession in which SRAL is active. This was followed by a tour of the studio in the Bonnefanten museum in Maastricht. An educational insight into 35 years of restoration expertise of SRAL.
Ruland Architecten has been working with SRAL for some time now. A special example is the restoration of the wall painting by Henry Schoonbrood in railway station Maastricht.
Joost Ruland is interviewed by ‘Spoorwegen TV’ about the restoration and renovation of railwaystation Geldermalsen.
Wednesday February 17 was the live stream from the Spoorcafe about the developments in and around the Zwolle railway zone. In this episode, NS Stations explains the developments of the station building. The broadcast can be seen on the RTV Focus Zwolle youtube channel. Furthermore, the press release about the new location of the starbucks in the station building can be read on RTV Zwolle. The images are by Ruland Architecten.
Commissioned by NS Stations, Ruland Architecten made the design for the renovation of the Gilze-Rijen station building. The project was recently carried out by contractor Oome Raamsdonk b.v.
The station building plays a central role in the film by the municipality of Gilze en Rijen about the future plans for the development of the station area: via Spoorzone Rijen.
Building above the tracks is again topical following a debate evening at Pakhuis de Zwijger in Amsterdam. With the Ibis Hotel Amsterdam Center, Ruland Architects already has the required knowledge and expertise in-house!
Via Volkskrant and Bureau SpoorBouwmeester.
The municipality of Sittard has organized a workshop on improving the station area of Sittard. At the request of the municipality, Ruland Architecten investigated the position and role of the station building within the ambitions of the municipality. This involved close collaboration with OKRA landscape architects, the designing party for the station environment. Due to changing insights and passenger functions, Sittard station could be converted into an open and well-organized space, with more visual relationships with its surroundings.
At the initiative of the Municipality of Maastricht, a number of workshops were conducted to explore possibilities and ambitions for the east-west connection of Maastricht. This connection runs from the green carpet of the A2 zone via the station to the city center. Participants were the municipality of Maastricht, NS Stations, ProRail, Venhoeven CS and Ruland Architecten. The findings of these workshops are summarized in the Maastricht City and Rail ambition memorandum.