Landscapes of the Netherlands knowledgeable the design of this workplace in Hoofddorp by native studio Agency Architects, which includes a curving brick wall and reflective supplies referencing the position of water in Dutch tradition.
The 675-square-metre workspace belongs to APPM, a administration consultancy that works throughout infrastructure, sustainable mobility and the vitality transition.
Responding to the consumer’s request for a design with a definite narrative, Agency Architects drew on APPM’s concentrate on sustainable growth and its motto of “making the Netherlands extra pretty”.
“The design is impressed by what makes the panorama of the Netherlands so distinctive – the everlasting battle between water and clay, and the utilize of vegetation to carry the clay,” the architects defined.
The prevailing inside, courting again to the constructing’s development within the early Nineteen Nineties, was stripped again to make method for a state-of-the-art workspace that includes areas for collaborative working together with particular person workstations, presentation areas and breakout zones.
Areas alongside the facades had been left open to permit for pure circulation, with huge volumes on the centre of the workplace containing numerous devoted features.
The configuration of areas round a central communal zone permits pure lithe to penetrate all through the varied areas whereas defending the inside from main temperature fluctuations.
Upon getting into the workplace, guests encounter the primary of the three pure parts within the type of a shimmering, reflective reception desk that evokes the importance of water inside Dutch landscapes.
Past the reception is a 21-metre-long curved wall comprised of stacked bricks that divides the workplace and permits a glimpse by way of to a central kitchen space.
The wall is meant to symbolize conventional Dutch structure, whereas the moisture-regulating properties of the clay bricks additionally contribute to bettering air high quality throughout the workplace.
The ultimate ingredient, vegetation, is distributed all through the workspace within the type of reed-filled planters and flooring made with pure fibres comparable to sisal, referencing the Dutch flora.
The inside additionally options carpets comprised of recycled fishing nets with wave-like patterns that reinforce the water metaphor. Featherlight-grey marmoleum flooring comprised of linseed oil and cork is meant to symbolise shallow waters.
Agency Architects developed bespoke joinery for the undertaking, which was produced utilizing plywood from Dutch agency Ecoplex and formaldehyde-free adhesives.
Furnishings and wall coverings had been produced from sustainably sourced cork and recyclable uncooked aluminium was specified for the {hardware} of the glass partitions.
A lot of the furnishings, together with desks, tables and chairs, was reused from the earlier workplace, whereas aged cupboards had been up to date with up-to-date fronts.
The undertaking options on the shortlist for Dezeen Awards 2024 within the miniature office inside class alongside 4 different tasks together with a cave-like workspace in Mexico Metropolis.
Agency Architects was based in 2017 by Carolien Rood and Niek Joanknecht. The studio works nationally and internationally on tasks which can be outlined by a user-centred and narrative-led strategy.
