Militaire opslagplaats, Lunet III Utrecht

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Description

Cluster 46. Nissen hut / Bunker store.

NEW HOLLANDSE WATERLINIE

Introduction

NISSEN HUT / BUNKER STORE, as a later added component to Lunet III built in the first half of the 19th century at Utrecht. Nissen huts or curved stores were invented during the First World War by Canadian P.N. Nissen and subsequently applied in different variants worldwide, also for non-military purposes. Nissen huts are largely prefabricated, mainly in corrugated iron sheet, semi-cylindrical structures, which are easy to assemble and disassemble and to transport. In particular for use in military functions and (other) (semi)permanent applications, they have achieved considerable worldwide reach to this day. The end gables have been (later) quite often executed in or filled with other materials, such as brick, concrete and/or wood. The example on Lunet III was possibly placed in the first half of the 20th century and can be considered as one of the last additions to the work. The Nissen hut was (and is) presumably used as a 'bunker store' (storage building / warehouse). The store was restored in or around 2014, whereby an entirely new corrugated sheet covering and new gables were realized.

Description

NISSEN HUT / BUNKER STORE, presumably from the first half of the 20th century, on Lunet III at Utrecht. The Nissen hut is a single-storey structure made of metal corrugated sheet with semi-circular roof, built on rectangular floor plan (approximately 4 x 5 m) and as far as both end gables are concerned terminated by a concrete wall. The western of these gables contains on the right an access opening with wooden door and on the left a window opening.

Valuation

The NISSEN HUT / BUNKER STORE on Lunet III 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 by him, Jan Blanken and major-engineer Willem Offerhaus, realized and subsequently by others for approximately 125 years strengthened and improved.

* Architectural-historical values, in particular as an expression of military-strategic engineering, which is based on and was added to: a. the system of inundation and access defence (19th and 20th century).

This concerns an example of an easily (re)placeable hall largely made of corrugated iron sheets of a type that since its invention has been applied in many places and in numerous functions.

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

* The component is representative because it is a good example of the application of this type of hall in a military function.

* The component is typologically fairly well preserved because form and storage function are still clearly recognizable and also functionally (can) be, but the characteristically original building material has been (almost) entirely replaced.