Bijgebouwen, Deelen/Vrijland-Noord Arnhem

English translation

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Description

Introduction

Building IV A stands detached, directly on the south side of the central east-west running road on Vrijland-Noord, roughly between buildings 5 and 7. The structure with its segmental arch-shaped roof extends with its greatest length from east to west and is thus positioned parallel to the road. Building IV A is a medium-sized aircraft hangar built around 1945 and is at the macro level part of a large military airfield structure from the years 1940-45, at the meso level of a sparse complex of buildings arranged in rectangular-geometric structure, and forms at the micro level part of some buildings placed in direct connection with that spatial structure.

Description

Medium-sized AIRCRAFT HANGAR occupying roughly 20 x 40 m on a rectangular footprint and largely covered by a roof executed as a segmental arch with curved galvanized iron corrugated sheet, into which on both sides from approximately one metre above ground level a window strip approximately 0.75 metre high with glass set in narrow metal frames is inserted. The western gable / main gable is largely determined by four large rectangular doors with comparable metal corrugated sheets, rolling in rails above and below. The remainder of the gable, beside and above the doors, likewise executed in comparable metal corrugated sheet. The upper rails are extended on both sides by means of diagonally placed iron portals to beyond the segmental arch-shaped gable. The eastern gable is executed similarly. The north and south gables are largely determined by the curved corrugated sheet wall system and the window strip incorporated therein at approximately one metre above ground level. The interior consists of an undivided rectangular space, which is spanned by seven or eight arch trusses composed of largely welded - and apparently prefabricated - truss segments placed approximately 5 metres apart, which are connected to each other by means of bolted truss beams. On top of these the galvanized iron corrugated sheets are placed which form the actual roof covering. The relatively light trusses are slightly splayed at the bottom and are mounted at ground level on concrete plinths. The roller doors are provided on the inside with cross-braced pull rods to increase stability.

Valuation

AIRCRAFT HANGAR, of general importance as a rare and recognizable component dating from shortly after the Second World War of a military camp established by the Germans during the war as part of a large military airfield, on account of: architectural-historical, urban-planning, technical-historical, military and cultural-historical and complex and ensemble values, which may be demonstrated in particular by the application of materials and (prefab) techniques, by the components and details characteristic of the building period, by the artificially established and geometrically structured settlement strongly conforming to the pre-existing spatial arrangement, and by the coherence of and with the total military airfield concept and the spatial main lines and components of the camp.