Works on the former police station

New entrance

The former police station will get an important new role: it becomes the new entrance to the city hall, with a city balcony. That is why we need to rebuild it thoroughly.

Front façade

The front façade on the Grote Markt will stay. We remove the outside staircase, because the new entrance will be at the same level as the Grote Markt.

Side and back façades

We demolish the 3 other façades of the former police station. First, we carefully remove the natural stone from the façades. We will reuse this stone later for the new façades.

Interior

Inside, we remove all lighting, heating devices, partition walls and floor coverings.

Future reception area

The future reception area will be one large open space with a new, spacious staircase at its centre.

Cellar

We are deepening the cellar of the former police station and the d’Ecycke house.

Stability

We are carrying out stabilisation work because the new entrance building is being extended by two additional storeys. First, we will conduct an archaeological survey and reinforce the foundations.

Works on the city hall

Basement

In the basements of the Voorhuis, we prepare the construction of a new lift shaft.

Demolition

In the council basements, we remove the non‑historic partition walls.

Central staircase

The large central staircase in the city hall will be removed. We will reuse the blue stone later for the paths in the inner garden.

New lift shaft

We are clearing the stairwell completely right up to the loft. A new lift will be installed here.

Interior

We carefully remove the marble wall coverings and reuse the marble in other rooms.

Repairs

In several places, we remove parts of the floors. We repair walls and floors in brick and concrete.

Heating

We remove the heating devices.

Load‑bearing structures

We study the wooden load‑bearing structures and restore them where needed.

15th‑century roof truss

In the attic of the Achterhuis, we remove the plasterboard panels. Now we have a full view of the roof truss from the 15th century.

Roofs and façades

We work on the roofs and façades along Naamsestraat. Scaffolding is placed against the façades for this work.