The rural municipal building is located in the southern part of the central park of Saue giving it a logical and dignified closure. Viewed from the outside, the office and administrative building seems like a pavilion in the public park. The contradiction between the privacy and the prominent public location of the work environment is solved by double-skin.
The new Westland town hall and municipality office were opened in Naaldwijk. The opening included an official ribbon cutting ceremony by mayor Sjaak van der Tak, alderman Bram Meijer, Volker Wessels CEO Dik Wessels and Volker Wessels director Piet van der Hoeven. The town hall functions as a center for the council as well as for public services and ceremonial gatherings. It is situated at the Verdilaan. The new municipality office houses the majority of the municipal staff and is located at the Laan van de Glazen Stad (Lane of the Glass City). The new edifices were jointly realized within the framework of a Design Build Finance Maintain and Operate-assignment that was granted to the Groene Schakel (Green Link) consortium, which consists of Boele en Van Eesteren, Homij Technische Installaties, the PHC Dienstengroep and Kondor Wessels Projecten. The architecture and interior were designed by cepezed and cepezedinterior.
Project: Westland town hall and municipality office
Location:
Verdilaan 7, Naaldwijk (NL)
Laan van de Glazen Stad 1, Naaldwijk (NL)
Photography: cepezed | Lucas van der Wee, Gert-Jan Vlekke
Primary Client: Gemeente Westland
Contractor: De Groene Schakel (consortium with Boele & van Eesteren, Homij Technical Installations, PCH Dienstengroep and KondorWessels Projecten)
Type Of Contract: DBFMO (Design, Build, Finance, Maintain, Operate)
Architect: architectenbureau cepezed, Delft
Project Team: Jan Pesman, Ronald Schleurholts, Joost Heijnis, Frederique van Alphen, Robbert van de Straat, Frank Maas, Mattijs van Lopik, San Dino Arcilla
The plot is part of the historic center of Felanitx. A place built by overlapping plots, patios, terraces and walls, a legacy that remains in the plot as part of the material history of the building and the city. In the same way the building is a sequence of constructions and materials that gathers the constructive systems of the territory of Mallorca.
The design of the municipality community house ‘Het Klavier’ by M+R
“Noord-Brabant has around 400 community houses. They stand in villages and cities and are of great social importance for the liveability of a community. No community house is the same. They come in all shapes and sizes; not only offer relaxation, but are also meeting places, cultural temples or educational institutes “. For our office the challenge was / is how we can shape the house of the municipality of Loon op Zand. For each task we first look for the identity of the users; the municipalities and their residents or what is the DNA of the municipality of Loon op Zand.
The design goes beyond simply extending the school building. Instead, it strengthens the character and status of the existing system as a public space, a school and a municipal center.
As part of a two steps project’s competition organized in 2010 for the new library of the city of Spiez, the jury awarded the first place to the “Buchwert” project (“book-treasure”, word game of the term « book value ») designed by ‘bauzeit architekten’ office in Biel.
Mandaworks and Hosper Sweden have been awarded third prize in the open international architectural competition in Mikkeli,
Finland. From 107 proposals submitted last October, Mandaworks and Hosper Sweden were one of five teams selected to
continue work in the second stage. On April 25, 2013 the results were announced. Winners of the contest were Arkkitehtitoimisto AJAK Oy. Mandaworks and Hosper received € 30,000 for the third prize.
Organizer: Mikkeli Municipality, Finland Association of Architects
Purpose: The purpose of the contest was to find a model for how Mikkeli can densify around and best utilize the lakefront in an ecologically sensitive way.
Software used: Autocad and Adobe Creative suite, 3d modeling was done in sketch up
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