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The new site, designed by MVSA in collaboration with Arcadis and Gensler, is located near the A67 highway near the German border and ''acts as a gateway to the Netherlands.'' It is nearly a hectare in size and should be made ready for use in about two and a half years.
From the outside, the casino is a special appearance but it is also a well thought-out building in terms of sustainability. In fact, it should become the most sustainable casino in Europe. Project office Velox contributed the knowledge and skills of a Mechanical Plant Work Planner to this leading project.
According to Erwin Van Lambaart, top executive of Holland Casino, the casino forms the bridge between nature and the urban environment. For that reason, among others, a flower has been incorporated into the design, inspired from the nature in that area. Sustainability, ''that's not just taking into account green power and waste disposal, sustainability is also how you look at the world,'' Van Lambaart said.
A casino usually consumes a lot of energy. In this new establishment, the opposite is intended. A wooden flower structure was therefore created. The structure, which forms part of the roof, captures rainwater to then collect and reuse it in various ways as gray water. On the inside of the building, the flower represents the heart of the building. It also gives the building character and a signature.
According to a concerned sustainability expert, a project like this one needs to make sustainability an integral whole, rather than piling sustainability ingredients together. The wooden flower structure is part of that whole.
The flower is not only a form of visible sustainability, but numerous sustainable materials are also used. The wood, for example, comes from sustainably managed forests. And the walls are hollow wooden walls filled with blow-in insulation. The roof also generates solar energy, there is a hybrid ventilation and heating system, and the parking lot is constructed with biobased asphalt.
In keeping with the cradle to cradle idea, concrete is being used for the construction of this building, 30% of whose primary aggregate is concrete granulate. This was obtained from demolition work. The aforementioned sustainable properties together ensure that the building has an average GPR score of 8.5 on a scale of 1 to 10, making it a demonstrably sustainable building.
In the casino's hollow floor, many of the systems are installed and the electronic infrastructure is in place. The hollow floor also has a function. It acts as a cooling and heating system. Heated or cooled air is blown into the room through the floor through the grilles and one experiences this immediately.
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