ENCI cement factory
Europe, Netherlands, Zuid Limburg, Maastricht, Sint Pietersberg, ENCI cement factory, clinker storage building (uncut)
The ENCI cement factory at the edge of the limestone quarry. It produces klinker (clinker) and portland cement. Clinker is semi-finished cement produced by “heating limestone (calcium carbonate) with small quantities of other materials (such as clay) to 1450 °C in a kiln, in a process known as calcination”. Cement, the finished product, “is made by grounding the clinker with a small amount of gypsum into a powder to make 'Ordinary Portland Cement', the most commonly used type of cement (often referred to as OPC). Portland cement is a basic ingredient of concrete, mortar and most non-specialty grout. Portland cement may be grey or white.
The most common use for Portland cement is in the production of concrete. Concrete is a composite material consisting of aggregate (gravel and sand), cement, and water. As a construction material, concrete can be cast in almost any shape desired, and once hardened, can become a structural (load bearing) element.” (Source: Wikipedia). Through this it became the building material of choice of modernist architects. And in this era it still is.
The lime ENCI stone quarry will be closed in 2018 and as a consequence the klinker production will be stopped some time after it and the kiln etc will demolished. After that the quarry and demolished part of the industrial complex will be redeveloped. The quarry will become a park. For in-depth information about the transformation process the master plan (Dutch) is: here.
A preliminary step of this redevelopment process was already taken in 2008. The ‘Peutz-building’, an industrial building that lost its function when a part of the manufacturing process was moved to Rotterdam in the 80s was redeveloped as theatre and cultural centre AINSI in 2008. A clip about it from this period is: here and a recent one here
The facilities on display in the FG is the central clinker storage facility. In the BG is the other side of the valley of the river Maas.
Shot across the quarry .
A bird's eye view of the quarry and its industrial complex is: here. The site is about the redevelopment of the quarry.
Background info about ENCI (Dutch) is: here.
ENCI cement factory
Europe, Netherlands, Zuid Limburg, Maastricht, Sint Pietersberg, ENCI cement factory, clinker storage building (uncut)
The ENCI cement factory at the edge of the limestone quarry. It produces klinker (clinker) and portland cement. Clinker is semi-finished cement produced by “heating limestone (calcium carbonate) with small quantities of other materials (such as clay) to 1450 °C in a kiln, in a process known as calcination”. Cement, the finished product, “is made by grounding the clinker with a small amount of gypsum into a powder to make 'Ordinary Portland Cement', the most commonly used type of cement (often referred to as OPC). Portland cement is a basic ingredient of concrete, mortar and most non-specialty grout. Portland cement may be grey or white.
The most common use for Portland cement is in the production of concrete. Concrete is a composite material consisting of aggregate (gravel and sand), cement, and water. As a construction material, concrete can be cast in almost any shape desired, and once hardened, can become a structural (load bearing) element.” (Source: Wikipedia). Through this it became the building material of choice of modernist architects. And in this era it still is.
The lime ENCI stone quarry will be closed in 2018 and as a consequence the klinker production will be stopped some time after it and the kiln etc will demolished. After that the quarry and demolished part of the industrial complex will be redeveloped. The quarry will become a park. For in-depth information about the transformation process the master plan (Dutch) is: here.
A preliminary step of this redevelopment process was already taken in 2008. The ‘Peutz-building’, an industrial building that lost its function when a part of the manufacturing process was moved to Rotterdam in the 80s was redeveloped as theatre and cultural centre AINSI in 2008. A clip about it from this period is: here and a recent one here
The facilities on display in the FG is the central clinker storage facility. In the BG is the other side of the valley of the river Maas.
Shot across the quarry .
A bird's eye view of the quarry and its industrial complex is: here. The site is about the redevelopment of the quarry.
Background info about ENCI (Dutch) is: here.