Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM) Conversion

Sebastian Spix

Description

Originally published in Bauwelt 24.2017, pp. 44-51, abridged and edited for Building Types online, translated by Julian Reisenberger

Drawings

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Ground floor, scale 1:1500

Source: OMA – Office for Metropolitan Architecture

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5th floor, scale 1:1500

Source: OMA – Office for Metropolitan Architecture

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9th floor, scale 1:1500

Source: OMA – Office for Metropolitan Architecture

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Longitudinal section, scale 1:1000

Source: OMA – Office for Metropolitan Architecture

Photos

Exterior view

Source: Delfino S. Legnani and Marco Cappelletti

Interior view of access system in the atria

Source: Delfino S. Legnani and Marco Cappelletti

Building Type Office Buildings

Morphological Type Solitary/Big Box

Urban Context Central Business District/City Center

Architect Ellen van Loon, OMA Office for Metropolitan Architecture

Year 2017

Location The Hague

Country Netherlands

Geometric Organization Grid

Gross Floor Area 85,000 m²

Workplaces 4,200 desks for 6,000 employees

Height High-Rise (8 levels and more)

Load-Bearing Structure Column-and-Slab, Wide-Span Structures

Access Type Atrium/Hall, Comb/Grid Systems

Layout Cellular Offices, Combined Cellular Offices & Open Plan, Group Offices

New Building, Refurbishment or Extension Conversion/Refurbishment

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