CONO Cheesemakers wished in 2006 to replace the current cheese dairy and stay in the Beemster Polder,  after all the production of the Beemsterkaas belongs in the Beemster Polder.  Beemster (1612) is most famous Dutch reclaimed land, since 1999 a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The design for the cheese dairy  had to be indebted to the DNA of the polder.

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Architects: Bastiaan Jongerius Architecten

Location: Rijperweg 20, 1464 MB Westbeemster, The Netherlands

Architect In Charge: Bastiaan Jongerius

Area: 15000.0 m2

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Luuk Kramer

Collaborators: Gertjan van Laar, Steven Steenbruggen, Dingeman Deijs, Milad Pallesh, Merel Martens, Santiago Bescansa, Wouter Pops
Constructor: Visser & Smit Bouw, department Groningen

Advisor: Feenstra Adviseurs, Duiven

© Luuk Kramer

Text description provided by the architects. CONO Cheesemakers wished in 2006 to replace the current cheese dairy and stay in the Beemster Polder,  after all the production of the Beemsterkaas belongs in the Beemster Polder.  Beemster (1612) is most famous Dutch reclaimed land, since 1999 a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The design for the cheese dairy  had to be indebted to the DNA of the polder.

© Luuk Kramer

A world heritage is to be "a masterpiece or characteristic of an important period in history." The new building should be ab...