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The Dutch government office block De Resident in The Hague has recently undergone a radical refurbishment. The modernizing has been designed by a collaboration between cepezed architects (atrium and design coordination), HofmanDujardin (interior) and engineering firm the Antea Group (stability, MEP, fire safety, acoustics and sustainability).
Courtesy of cepezed architects, HofmanDujardin – Photographs : Leon van Woerkom | cepezed
flexible central government :
The central government is slimming down in size. Also because of this, it is more and more directed towards flexible work (place) concepts. Additionally and in accordance with overall social developments, themes such as meeting and interaction are increasingly important. The modernizing of De Resident is part of both the state shrinkage and the focus on new ways of working. The complex is situated right next to The Hague?s Central Station. Courtesy of cepezed architects, HofmanDujardin – Section
It consists of the buildings Helicon and Castalia, respectively counting fourteen and twenty floors with an overall gross floor area of 55.000 m2. Castalia is a late 1960?s building block that American Architect Michael Graves revised in the 1990?s in order to house the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, which returned to the building after its newest redo. Helicon now houses the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment and was originally designed by ...