INTO THE WOODS

Visitors Center Veluwezoom

HR kid with reindeer

In this information centre, visitors can prepare themselves for a visit to the nearby Veluwezoom National Park. In a single architectural statement, an abstract tree, all functions of this centre are combined in a newly built corridor which links a number of new and existing barns with each other.

Location
Rheden (NL)
Client
Vereniging Natuurmonumenten
Year
2007

Wood from the forest

Kids playing on the abstract tree
Entrance

In this abstract tree, covered with wood from the immediate vicinity around the visitors’ centre, visitors can find stories about elements that make this area so special: the beauty of the environment, the contrast and the wild animals.

Three-part collage

Tree from the backside
A looking at a fox in the ground
Details

These stories are presented in different ways so as to ensure that there is something for both young and old. In a specially designed pit, children can enjoy themselves rolling around like wild pigs.

Entrance with infographic

Do you have a story to tell?

Then let’s get started!