Relocation of the Vechthoeve: preserving UNESCO World Heritage

To great public interest, the ‘Vechthoeve’, part of the UNESCO World Heritage site Defence Line of Amsterdam and New Dutch Waterline, was relocated over land and water. The house had to make way for an aqueduct as part of the A1 motorway widening project in the Netherlands. The monument has significant architectural and historical value, and its relocation has given it a second life in a new location.

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Relocation of the Vechthoeve: preserving UNESCO World Heritage

The ‘Vechthoeve’, a monumental villa near Muiden, is part of the UNESCO Defence Line of Amsterdam and the New Dutch Waterline. At the spot an aqueduct had to be built, part of the reconstruction of the motorway A1. The monument was built to a special law of 1853 and has a high architectural and historical value. Because that value the building was relocated by order of ‘Rijkswaterstaat’

Bresser made a special slab foundation. Then the villa was jacked and special trolleys (SPMT’s) drove under the slab. Meanwhile, a special construction was made on the dike so the villa was able to be transported to the pontoons on the river Vecht. On December 6, 2013, the villa was moved over land and water. The project got great interest from the media.

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