City Archive Delft
Harnaschpolder Delft
2014–2017
City Archive Delft
Harnaschpolder Delft
2014–2017
Archival Repositories, public reading room, offices and workspaces
Address: Harnaschpolder Delft
Gross floor area: 2,160 m²
Client: City of Delft
Architecture: Office Winhov in collaboration with Gottlieb Paludan Architects (DK)
Design team: Mathijs Boersma, Thomas Bonde Hansen (GPA), Uri Gilad, Jesper Gottlieb (GPA), Joost Hovenier, Freddy Koelemeijer, Pascal Köllmann, Jan Loerakker (GPA), Jan Peter Wingender
Art: Amie Dicke
Photography: Stefan Müller
Awards: Wienerberger Brick Award
City Archive Delft
Harnaschpolder Delft
2014–2017

The Delft Archive is an important building for the city. It is the place to store and access the history of this old city; it is treasure room, study room and time machine in one. The new archive building is situated at the closing head of a narrow park that connects the site to the historic centre of Delft. The building has a compact organisation with offices, workshops and reading rooms at the ground floor and the archive depots in the floors above. The efficient layout allows for flexible use whilst supporting the sustainability of the building. The public reading rooms are situated along the entire facade facing the park and form the welcoming address of the building. The brick facade expresses the timeless and robust character of the building with storage as its main purpose. The rich relief in the facade connects the building to the elaborated tradition of brick buildings in Delft. The white concrete plinth clearly refers to the image of the public buildings in the historic centre of the city.

City Archive Delft
Harnaschpolder Delft
2014–2017
Facade fragment reading room
Interior of reading room
Long section Cross section Public ground floor Depots first floor Depots second floor
Long section
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The archive depots on top of the public plinth and the future extension The archive depots on top of the public plinth and the future extension The archive depots on top of the public plinth and the future extension
The archive depots on top of the public plinth and the future extension
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The archive depots are situated on top of a public plinth
South facade
Reference: Jan Schoonhoven, Combination 1968
Facade fragment, reading room and entrance
Lining of the reading room. Art by Amie Dicke
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Model facade study
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Site plan Harnaschpolder Site plan Harnaschpolder
Site plan Harnaschpolder
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Archive depots
View from the park