#utrecht

An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about #utrecht

Stijn Poelstra

The social heart of the Sweco Utrecht office: a high bar counter clad in recycled plastic panels with a terrazzo-like appearance, surrounded by round tables on ribbed cylindrical bases. Large windows frame views across the Utrecht skyline.

Enclosed focus cubes with dark blue acoustic upholstery and glazed walls sit directly alongside an open workstation bench — two ways of working in immediate proximity, both part of the same routing logic.

View along the corridor showing the blue-grey cabinet wall, Sweco branding etched on the glass door, and a glimpse of a meeting room at the far end. The routing is clear and intuitive without signage.

Full overview of the social and café zone, showing the recycled plastic bar counter, kitchen area integrated into the back wall, and the mix of round tables and bar seating. The space functions as both workplace and meeting point.

Project • By Hal2 • Offices

Sweco Utrecht

For Sweco's new office in the Wonderwoods building in the heart of Utrecht, Hal2 designed and realised a 1,300 m² workplace that brings together identity, circularity and spatial clarity. The result is a working environment that supports the way people actually work, moving between focus, collaboration and informal exchange, while making sustainability visible and tangible at every turn. The Wonderwoods building is known for its striking green facade. Rather than mirroring this character directly, the interior was developed with its own logic: a calm, considered materiality that carries the same values. The layout responds to the building's generous views of surrounding greenery, with sightlines deliberately preserved to bring in ligh... More

Project • By Barcode Architects • Universities

Earth Simulation Laboratory

The Earth Simulation Laboratory (ESL) is Barcode Architects' large-scale transformation of the Robert J. Van de Graaff laboratory, the former particle accelerator laboratory at Utrecht Science Park (USP), the Netherlands. The new ESL brings the different research groups of the faculty of Geosciences together in one location. It is a dynamic building, where the user can experience whether it is day or evening, whether the sun is shining outside or whether it is raining. The 7.000m² building has a program of various laboratories and research spaces for experimental and physical research, workshops, archive rooms and offices. Caption With an abstract depiction of the Dutch delta landscape, the facade tells the story of the research... More