Article source: Ibelings van Tilburg Architecten
Together with The Wall and the Hessing Cockpit building, the Facet building is part of a noise-protection barrier for Leidsche Rijn. The facade of the building functions as a double noise-protection barrier, for the residentail area behind the facet building as well as for the offices in the building itself.
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- Architects: Ibelings van Tilburg Architecten
- Project: Office Building Facet
- Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Photography: Luuk Kramer
- Software used: AutoCad, Arkey, PhotoShop and SketchUp
- Collaborators: Theo Delissen, Rob Grauwmeijer
- Interior design: OTH, Amsterdam / TIB architecten
- Project management: Nebest Bouwadvies, Groot Ammers
- Contractors: Building combination Grunsven/Berghege, Oss
- Constructors: Smit Westerman, Gouda
- Area: 24.600 (㎡)
- Start of building and completion:
- November 2007 – Augustus 2009 (phase 1)
- April 2011 (phase 2)
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Crystalline Volume
A building complex completely built from triangular glass planes. For people driving along the A2 highway, the crystal-line complex will provide a play of descending and rising lines created by these triangular transversal slopes. A conscious decision was made for abstract materialization in order to get the most of the crystal shape. Each facet will reflect the sky in a different way.
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Parking
The entrance square is raised so that 365 cars can park at ground level. The entrance square is organized with a green approach by placing raised flower boxes in which large shrubs are planted the square also accommodates 70 parking places for visitors.
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Multi-tenant
The building is designed as a multi-tenant building. At the moment the building is used by two tenants: Mediq at the head and Oracle at the tail of the building. Both users have a central atrium as entrance. The atrium doesn’t only provides overview and orientation, but it is also the visitors waiting area and large gatherings can be held there.
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200m Long Building
The crystalline elaboration offers the possibility to vary the height of the 200-meters-long volume in a blending manner. The head end is designed as a multi-faceted bent volume that switches into an elongated centre volume and then connects to The Wall with an exceptional tail end. The connection to The Wall is solved by continuing the existing acoustic baffle in a gradual descending fashion in front of the building and by continuing the concrete plinth course along the entire building.
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Image Courtesy © Luuk Kramer
