Open Monument Day 2022

Zaterdag 21 september ontvingen we ruim 1.500 enthousiaste buurtbewoners en relaties! We lieten zien hoe dit Rijksmonument van 5 monumentale fabriekshallen duurzaam en innovatief wordt gerenoveerd, o.a. voor de opening van het DRIFT Museum in 2025! Het was fijn iedereen te mogen ontvangen, hopelijk tot een volgende keer.

Wij zoeken een directeur voor de Van Gendt Hallen, de duurzaam gerenoveerde industriële hallen van ruim 25.000 m2 waarin vanaf 2025 o.a. het Drift Museum, restaurants, winkels, bedrijven en flexibele kantoren worden gehuisvest. Vind de volledige vacature hier, delen mag: linkje

We have started the in-house production and installation of air ducts in the Van Gendt Hallen. These air ducts are used to regulate the climate control of the halls as optimally as possible.

Again, we looked at how this could be done as sustainably as possible. By having a machine develop the spiro tubes on site, considerable savings were made in transport, as many as 30 truckloads to be exact.

As many as 27 trucks spent 8 hours pouring 350m2 of concrete in one of the five halls alone. This was immediately floated, by a machine with rotating blades that makes the concrete floor increasingly smooth and denser in texture over the course of 12 hours.

All this after months of preparation that included pile foundations, formwork, reinforcement and floor heating. The result is truly stunning!

We look back on a very successful community get-together. More than 300 local residents stopped by to watch the steps being taken towards an energy-neutral national heritage building. In addition, we toasted together with our neighbors to the bright future plans for the Van Gendt Hallen and for the neighborhood.

We are proud to announce that DRIFT, in collaboration with Eduard Zanen, will open "Drift Museum" in two of the five halls of our monumental building. The founders of DRIFT, Lonneke Gordijn and Ralph Nauta, have been creating large-scale and technologically advanced works of art since 2007 and this fits exceptionally well with the grandeur, robustness and industrial character of the Van Gendt Hallen.

A beautiful milestone has been reached; the last part of the steam hoods has been installed. This has restored the iconic profile of the halls. The renewed steam hoods are manufactured from Duplicor, a composite of bio-resin and recycled PET bottles. This makes them fireproof and CO2-conserving, while becoming strong and lightweight enough to support solar panels

On Dec. 22, the Van Gendt Hallen hosted a festive Christmas drink for local residents. There was mulled wine, there were snacks and the Eilanden Choir livened things up with some melodic Christmas carols.

Some 150 local residents celebrated the start of the Christmas season together and raised a glass to the new year.

The weekend of September 10 and 11, during Open Monument Days, attracted a lot of attention to the Van Gendt Hallen. Nearly 800 people stopped by to see how this national monument is being preserved for the future and how the five industrial factory halls are being sustainably renovated.

Next September 10 and 11 is Open Monument Day, with this year's theme being sustainability. On those days, more than 50 monuments will open their doors to the public, including the Van Gendt Hallen.

AT5 spoke to local resident and historian Titus Dekker about the sustainable renovation of this unique industrial monument. The Van Gendt Hallen can be visited on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 September between 10:00 and 17:00.

You might have already noticed: this week renovation work on the outside of the Van Gendthallen started again. We apologize in advance for the noise pollution caused by the sustainable renovation of this national monument.

The first Sneak Peek at the Van Gendt Hallen last June 28 was well attended: over 200 local residents and interested parties came to take a look.

On June 11th, the Van Gendt Hallen team attended the Ons Oostenburg Festival.