OFFICE 49

A water silo is placed next to an existing water tower, with which it is connected by means of a bridge. The old tower loses its function, but is preserved. The new silo is comprised of nine connected chambers which, because of their individual measurements, can be brought to the site as ready-made cylinders. The connecting bridge contains all the necessary technical services and antennae. In this way the new silo functions specifically and only as a water reservoir. The interior of the old water tower is stripped out, containing only a stairway that provides access to the technical bridge. The composition of tower, silo and bridge creates a window to the landscape, lending a public character to the silo complex without the objects themselves being accessible. At the foot of the complex passers-by find a place to pause, a balcony that frames the Brabant landscape.