Drink-water Pumping Station, Leidsche Rijn
Bosch Haslett Architects 

Drink-water Pumping Station, Leidsche Rijn

Bosch Haslett Architects 


The water pumping station was conceived as a large continuous, undulating surface, a black desert measuring almost a hectare dotted with public services like telephone boxes and public toilets.

The nine wells from which the drinking water is extracted are covered by sports fields and green areas. In this recreation ground, the pumping station is more an accident of the landscape than a building...[+]