WWII Bunker Cut In Half To Make A War Memorial

WWII Bunker 599 was part of the New Dutch Waterline (NDW) series of water-based defenses that dates back to 1815.  It was built to hold soldiers during bombing raids. Dutch studios RAAAF and Atelier de Lyon split the building down the middle to create a unique war memorial.

Movie shows concrete bunker cut in half by RAAAF and Atelier de Lyon from Dezeen on Vimeo.

"The sliced up bunker forms a publicly accessible attraction for visitors of the NDW. It is moreover visible from the A2 highway and can thus also be seen by tens of thousands of passers-by each day. The project is part of the overall strategy of RAAAF | Atelier de Lyon to make this unique part of Dutch history accessible and tangible for a wide variety of visitors. Paradoxically, after the intervention Bunker 599 became a Dutch national monument."

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Thanks Bruce!