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
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