The underground expansion will connect the wings of the existing palace to the main building, the Corps de Logis. The expansion will comprise the addition of a spacious entrance area and new exhibition rooms, creating a splendid ensemble with the palace, the gardens, the exhibition rooms, the Junior Palace for children and the House of Orange, with ample space for both the permanent collection and temporary exhibitions.

The underground expansion of the museum will involve building a construction pit around 10 metres deep and with an area of nearly 4,500m². This will involve anchoring 4,000m³ of steel fibre reinforced underwater concrete using around 400 GEWI piles. The 400m-long anchored pit walls will be installed around the whole courtyard as well as underneath four sections of the existing monumental buildings. The entire job will involve the excavation of around 45,000m³ of royal soil.

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