Fort, vesting en -onderdelen, Budapestlaan bij 17

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Description

Cluster 39.

Introduction

BOMBPROOF REMISE C of a type of bombproof storage places for artillery, ammunition or other items that is provided with an earth covering on three sides and on top and that has only a façade on the throat side. With the increase in the range of artillery, the force of projectile impacts and the explosive force of (high-explosive) grenades, it became increasingly difficult to withstand siege artillery. Thickening of masonry, application of shock-absorbing masonry systems (inter alia by means of arches), shallow angles of slope and curved or pointed shapes, use of concrete - and later of reinforced concrete - in increasingly heavy execution, was one of the ways to keep the fortifications resistant to increasing attacking force. Moreover, the application of earth coverings had proven to be a good means to absorb or dampen energy. This is the reason why many masonry or concrete works are provided with an earth layer or a front protection of sand or earth. Depending on the period of origin - and thus the expected impact force of projectiles - one spoke of 'bombproof buildings', when they were deemed to be resistant to a beforehand defined number of impacts of a specific calibre. The remise is located to the left of the barracks on the site, but as a result of the encapsulation by heavy stones - as part of the botanical garden - is virtually unrecognizable.

Description

Located to the northeast of the barracks, constructed of brick, BOMBPROOF REMISE, dating from the time of construction of the work. The remise comprises one storey: the only façade, facing the throat side, slopes away on either side, but this façade is scarcely visible, as a result of the layout of the botanical garden. The remise has always been provided on three sides and on top with a thick earth covering, so that the masonry was not exposed to direct hits.

Valuation

The BOMBPROOF REMISE C is of general importance because of:

* Cultural-historical values as part of the Nieuwe Hollandse Waterlinie as designed by C.R.T. Kraijenhoff and initially from 1815 realized by him, Jan Blanken and major-engineer Willem Offerhaus and subsequently by others for approximately 125 years strengthened and improved.

* Military-historical values as part of a continuous military defence line between the former Zuiderzee and the Biesbosch. This consisted chiefly of a coherent system of inundation fields and associated inundation means and of fields of fire. This system was supplemented with diverse, dating from different periods, types of built or laid out (defence) works that served to or contributed to the closure of non-inundable terrain or other accesses.

* Architectural-historical values in particular as an expression of military-strategic building art, which is based on: - the system of inundation and access defence (nineteenth century), - the race with increasingly strengthening offensive means (nineteenth century).

This concerns here a component of around 1879, which is an example of a bombproof building, that on all sides - namely because of the reuse now also on the façade side - is covered by thick earth layers.

* Ensemble value and situational values as part of the Nieuwe Hollandse Waterlinie and because of the functional and physical coherence with the other components of the complex.