Het Klein Handelsgebouw
Amsterdam, NL | 2023 | 5.000m2 | creative offices
Today, the main factor in the design of office buildings is sustainability - issues of heating, cooling and flexibility. The path of least resistance in resolving these issues often leads to bland, unimaginative spaces. The heavy climate control performed by machines often turns an office building more into a kind of whirring, zooming factory rather than anything else. What if we could design a building where by the very layout of the spaces, the energy required for heating and cooling could be reduced to an absolute minimum? What if this new layout actually provides exceptional spaces? In collaboration with Beyond Space we dubbed this approach 'Radical Simplicity': a low-tech, high-quality response to the questions of the office of tomorrow.
Key Project Details
- circulair steel construction
- passive ventilation concept
- energy neutral offices
- custom interior with CLT floors
All individual offices are accessible from the shared green exterior platforms. Stairs connect the small park with each level, thereby creating an informal route to each floor. On the ground floor the horeca is located with a terrace on the waterside.
The double height ground floor with shops and hospitality has an inviting facade with large sliding windows that connect inside and outside.
Today, the main factor in the design of office buildings is sustainability - issues of heating, cooling and flexibility. The path of least resistance in resolving these issues often leads to bland, unimaginative spaces. The heavy climate control performed by machines often turns an office building more into a kind.
Each office unit consists of a double height space that can be fully customized to individual needs, tailored to creative entrepreneurs with a strong personal identity.
Team Het Klein Handelsgebouw
Developers
Architects
Construction
Sustainibility
Iconography
Renderings
Inspira Development, Plan Libre Development
Raumplan, Beyond Space
ABT
DGMR
Affaire Imaginaire
Artefactorylab