The Maritime and Beachcombers Museum on the island of Texel, Netherlands, by Mecanoo Architects, is designed with four playfully linked gabled roofs, which take on the rhythm of the surrounding roof tops. The wooden facade, made of sawn hardwood sheet-piling from the North Holland Canal, represents the long-held tradition of recycling driftwood from stranded ships or wrecks in Texel. Inside, under the high gabled roofs the visitor gets a generous sense of being able to survey the sizable collection of the museum, as well as viewing the village of Oudeschild and the famous North Holland skies at a glance.
