Zvi Hecker: military police complex, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.This project unites on a single campus the numerous branches of the Royal Dutch Military Police (Koninklijke Koninklijke is an honorary title granted by the king or queen to certain companies and associations of Belgium and the Netherlands. The literal translation is "royal". Companies and associations requesting "royal" status must meet certain requirements before being approved, such as Marechausee, KMAR KMAR Koninklijke Marechaussee (Royal Military Police) KMAR Kwajalein Modernization and Remoting - Initiative )--the division responsible for maintaining security at Schiphol International Airport. In response to the brief that called for a multifunctional complex of living, working and training facilities for KMAR's 1500 staff, Zvi Hecker Zvi Hecker (born May 31 1931 in Kraków, Poland) is an Israeli architect with offices in Berlin and Amsterdam.[1] Move to Israel and study Hecker emigrated to Israel in 1950. He studied architecture in the Israel Institute of Technology, graduating in 1955. proposed what loosely resembles a medieval walled city; or rather as the project developed, a city as wall. Providing a distinctive architectural accent to airborne airborne /air·borne/ (ar´born) suspended in, transported by, or spread by air. airborne, adj carried through the air. In health care settings, viruses or bacteria may become airborne, e.g. visitors arriving at the airport, the layered zigzag masterplan structures the complex into a series of walled courtyards that collectively embrace and focus on the central communal facilities and sports fields. R. G. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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