Our proposal for the new Benelux headquarters for a global IT company creates an environment where new start-ups and an established company can build a relationship all under one roof. The building is designed to help create synergy between different companies, as well as a sense of community by way of a public ground floor, plateaus and roof gardens.

The new headquarter building is located next to the company’s current office, a city monument well-known for its strict grid and chamfered cubic shapes. These geometric forms are echoed in our proposal, which comprises sleek column arrays that are all tightly packed to create the perfect base grid for a new and efficient home base.

For the new HQ, the chamfered shapes are transformed into integrated design elements. These serve as one of the main drivers of passive sustainability by safeguarding the building from excess solar heat gain, generating energy with integrated photovoltaics and reducing glare. The ceramic fritting on the facade is designed to further improve the passive performance of the exterior.

On strategic corners, the column stacks are raised, revealing the vibrant interior. In the same fluid gesture, the green park landscape is pulled into the building, up over biophilic working plateaus, and culminating on the roofscape.