12/31/2023 0 Comments Water towerThe warm rust color and the brickwork made visible again, combined with the white and walnut wood of the new interventions, provide a light, warm and unique entrance to the house. The bottom of the water tank, made of sheet steel with coarse rivets, is clearly visible here. Here is the entrance and access to a private elevator. The house starts on the fourth floor on the concrete leak floor. When the facade is fully opened, a compact loggia is created in the house as an outdoor space.Īt the top of the water tower, in the former water reservoir, is a house of 400 m2 over six floors. For the studio apartments, three large openings have been made in the facade as a new 'time layer' with steel folding doors in a Corten steel frame. A solution that gives an exclusive feeling and at the same time saves space. From the elevator you step directly into the apartment. There was sufficient height on these layers to create a compact volume with a sleeping area on the mezzanine floor and with integrated kitchen, bathroom and (lift) shaft at the bottom. The character of the sturdy brickwork and the wooden or concrete beams has been preserved here as much as possible. In the lower part of the water tower, from the first to the third floor, three identical studio apartments have been realized on the existing floors. Interventions that have been carefully integrated into the Amsterdam School architecture of the more than 100-year-old monument. The challenge for this design lay in creating good daylight openings, a beautiful outdoor area with a view of the Dom and good access with a lift and safe stairwell. In 2012, the dilapidated national monument was purchased by a private client and Zecc made the design for the transformation into an exclusive six-storey residence (in the former water reservoir), three apartments (in the lower part of the tower) and a commercial space on the ground floor. Salini Impregilo’s involvement in the construction of hydroelectric dams supported by public financing underlines the need to make the most of the country’s abundant water resources and the government’s goal develop in a sustainable way that is respectful of the environment in order to become carbon neutral by 2025.After years of vacancy, the water tower in Utrecht has been given a new destination. Making its electricity available to other countries is an essential part of Ethiopia’s fight against poverty and its economic backwardness. Then there is the opportunity to sell electricity to neighboring countries. In the last five years, demand has grown at an average rate of 25% a year, and it is expected to increase to 32% in the coming years. There is no question about the demand for electricity, as shown by figures from Ethiopian Electric Power, the public entity responsible for overseeing investments, production, distribution as well as the sale of electricity since 1948. What arises from all of this construction is an interconnected production and distribution network of hydroelectric power for domestic and foreign markets. The most recent is Koysha, a fourth dam for the Omo River. With the help of Salini Impregilo, it would later embark on ambitious projects like the three dams along the Gilgel Gibe River, two others on the Beles River and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which is still being built on the Blue Nile. Since the 1960s, Ethiopia has been building dams. This ambitious goal dates back decades, however. The government is investing €12 billion or the equivalent of a third of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) to increase its capacity to produce hydroelectric power. With this massive financial commitment, it aims to have the country produce 40,000 MW from hydroelectric projects across the country by 2035. It is designed to make the most of the country’s geography and one of its most precious natural resources: water.Įthiopia generates 85% of its energy from hydroelectric plants and their influence both at home and abroad is set to increase in the coming years. Ethiopia’s energy policy is playing a crucial role in its quest for growth.
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