Major transformation project gives Lucent industrial site a new lease of life.

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Architects: Studioninedots

Location: The Netherlands, Larenseweg, Hilversum

Architect In Charge: Studioninedots

Design Team: Albert Herder, Vincent van der Klei, Arie van der Neut, Metin van Zijl

Area: 7940.0 sqm

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Peter Cuypers

Project Team: Stijn de Jongh, Jurjen van der Horst

Contractor: Van Wijnen

Custom Furniture: Logge, Dylan & van Laatum, Fiction Factory

Signage: Lesley Moore

Client: de Alliantie

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From the architect. Major transformation project gives Lucent industrial site a new lease of life.Studioninedots? design transforms an existing 1970s office building on the Lucent site in Hilversum into the new headquarters of de Alliantie, a Dutch housing corporation. The most eye-catching intervention involves the removal of large areas of infill floors and walls from the sturdy concrete structure. This creates a spectacular four-storey-high void, the light and lively new heart of the building that connects the different departments.

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In this way the concept of connection was integral to the design. The new headquarters functions to consolidate de A...