Baarn, Town center

Baarn is a town with a long and rich history, dating back to the Stone Age. In the Middle Ages, Baarn played an important role and there were several castles to defend the area. In the Golden Age this ensured Baarn as an attractive village for successful merchants and other wealthy people from Amsterdam. This resulted in an enormous expansion of the number of country estates around Baarn, including Soestdijk Palace which later became a royal residence. In order to emphasize and reinforce the history and historic appearance of the town, the most recent redesign opted for street furniture with a classic appearance. Earlier we showed you one of the planters, this time we show you the design of the benches. Marlies van Diest designed these benches and ANAE manufactured them from wooden beams mounted on a metal frame with a laser-cut filigree motif. By manufacturing with a laser cutter, the finish of the benches is very clean but by executing the filigree motif in several layers of steel it still looks very classic.

Public space design:

Van Diest Ontwerp

2020-08-20