Bijgebouwen, Deelen/Vrijland-Noord Arnhem

English translation

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Description

Introduction

Building 8 is located freestanding on the south side of the central east-west oriented avenue on Vrijland-Noord, to the west of Building 5. The roof ridge extends from north to south and stands perpendicular to the road. Building 8 is a military building with technical function (engine maintenance and repair) erected in 1941 as a 'Regelbau' and is at macro level part of a large military airfield structure from the years 1940-1945, at meso level of a sparse complex of buildings placed in a rectangular-geometric structure, and at micro level within this of some buildings positioned in direct connection with that spatial structure in linear arrangement.

Description

Single-storey, relatively long and wide brick MILITARY BUILDING WITH TECHNICAL FUNCTION (engine maintenance and repair), executed with approximately 50 cm thick external masonry, on a predominantly rectangular floor plan and covered by a gabled roof with grey corrugated refurbished hollow (Dutch) tiles and hipped at both gable ends, with some later-introduced smoke or ventilation channels in the roof planes of both long sides. On the left of the eastern long facade an extension placed under extended roof overhang. The symmetrical northern gable / principal facade contains centrally a later semi-permanently reduced and arched access opening under roll-moulding, with double wooden doors, and to the left and right window openings under roll-moulding, with concrete plinth, containing above transom hopper windows and below double wooden casement windows opening inward with four lights and below the plinth fitted with sheet-metal shutters, uniformly painted green. Centrally at attic-storey level an elongated window with fixed frame divided by glazing bars in tens and to the left and right small windows with transom opening casement windows opening inward. South gable wall with on the right an arched access opening under rooster-comb, with fanlight divided in four and above a glazed door with vertical glazing bar. To the left of this three window openings under roll-moulding, with concrete plinth, containing above transom hopper windows and below double wooden casement windows opening inward with four lights and below the plinth fitted with sheet-metal shutters, uniformly painted green. At attic-storey level three small windows with transom opening casement windows opening inward. The western long facade contains eleven window openings under roll-moulding, with concrete plinth, containing above transom hopper windows and below double wooden casement windows opening inward with four lights and below the plinth fitted with sheet-metal shutters, uniformly painted green; the northern facade twice four comparable windows, with an arched access opening between with fanlight divided in four and a latticework door; above this TL-lighting. On the far left the extension, containing two window openings with casement windows divided by glazing bars and shutters. Gutter outlets and white painted wind-vanes.

Valuation

MILITARY BUILDING WITH TECHNICAL FUNCTION (engine maintenance and repair), of general significance as an easily recognisable component of a military camp originating from the Second World War and set up by the German occupier as part of a large military airfield, on account of: architectural-historical, urban-planning, military and cultural-historical and complex and ensemble values, which may be evidenced inter alia by the traditionalist building style inspired by local forms, by the components and details characteristic of the period of construction, by the artificially created and strongly aligned with the pre-existing spatial arrangement geometric settlement structure and the camouflage carried through in detail within this, by the coherence with and of the complete military airfield concept and the spatial principal lines and components of the camp, and by the mutual relationship of the forms applied herein.