The Bezuidenhoutsweg 30 is an imposing and powerful early 20th Century building in The Hague built to house the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce. The new design is the re-interpretation of the original essence and is based on a clear plan to achieve an open and transparent architecture. Pivoting doors allow the external gardens to enter the foyer area and generate two main patio areas on the building sides. The entire ground floor is an extension of the public and collective spaces and includes a seminar room, several meeting rooms, a restaurant, an espresso bar, and an open workspace. A bright floor plan, natural routing and short walking distances play a major role. All passages are aligned and generate direct view lines through the building to allow an easy way-finding. All the workplaces spread in four floors have similar interiors quality by maintaining their own identity. New roofs and ceilings characterize foyers and new workplaces that are carried out in accordance with the structural decorative coffers of the old building designed by Daniël Knuttel in 1917.
B30
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Project data
- Location
- Den Haag, Netherlands | View Map
- Project Year
- 2016
- Category
- Parliaments
- Stories By
- KAAN Architecten
QbiQ Wall Systems - Building Area
- 21000 m2
B30
Applied products
Most of the monuments themselves are very strong, otherwise they will not survive. But it is the adaptive ability of a building that determines whether it has a functional right to exist over a longer period. Sometimes a little help is needed to revitalize a building.
Thinking from the essence of the design of the monument, it is possible to keep the monument, understand it and continue working with a design language and materials that are very close to the original. Thanks to this contemporary translation, we can come up with one new integrated design without being historicized, in which old and new merge in a very gentle way and together form a unity.
It is a way of working that can be treated with respect with a monument while at the same time not being labeled as a museum piece.
If you have special requirements regarding the glass system walls, QbiQ is an ideal partner.
Dikkie Scipio
KAAN architects
| Partition Thickness | 100mm (3,94 inch) |
| Glazed Sections | glass seam |
| Clad Sections | - |
| Section Joins | transparent 0-joint |
| Floor Track | 33mm (1.3 inch) |
| Door Frames | DKR100 |
| Doors | KDG (flush) |
| Hinges | stainless steel |
| profielen | aluminum |
| Glazing | 66a2 |
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