Samenvatting

Considering the rising sea level and the high expenses of keeping the Wadden dike at Ameland intact, it is important to make a place where knowledge, research and testing of new solutions for dynamic coastal management are brought together. This science center has all these functions under the same roof as a meeting place where investigators, students, and visitors could come together to bundle and exchange their thoughts, experience and knowledge. The location and the landscape have a leading role in the architecture of the science center and panoramic views are key. The science center has a pure and abstract spiral form that slowly curls up and is structurally minimalized in order to dissolve in the landscape.