ALKMAAR STADSKANTOOR

from Selected Works 2010 - 2023

by Lucas Pissetti

THEATER AAN DE PARADE

The Power Of Magnetism

Built Proof of the Sum Alkmaar 2017 - 18 Office Space

Roy Pype research, concept, drawings, visualizations, details

AutoCad, Sketchup, V-Ray, Photoshop, Illustrator

The municipality of Alkmaar has a challenging goal to become the most innovative municipality in the Netherlands. After an extensive design competition, Proof of the Sum was selected on the basis of its vision ‘the power of magnetism’. A vision of how strengthening knowledge sharing between 600 employees should be central and how the building can strongly facilitate in this.

The existing building of more than 4.500m2, consisted of long corridors with partition walls dividing the office spaces, resulting on a place which did not foster interaction between the users. By creating two large voids, making both facades tangible at every point in the plan and carefully positioning closed program components, a new attractive starting point is created.

Careful attention was paid to the course of a working day of various employees. Network café, learning center, lockers and meeting facilities are vertically spread throughout the building. As a result, every employee unconsciously uses the entire building one day, increasing the chance of encounter and synergy.

Existing building

Gezamenlijke functies/magneten Publieke ruimte Primaire werkplekken

Concept diagrams

status office location year program project leader contribution software

PLUS ULTRA II building a community through innovation

In progress

Proof of the Sum

Wageningen 2017 - ongoing Incubator / Office Space / Laboratories Roy Pype brief analysis, concept, design studies, drawings, visualization, details Archicad, Photoshop, Illustrator

Following the success of the original Plus Ultra building, in the Wagenigen Campus, Proof of the Sum was asked to design an extension to it, comprising of a multi-tenant office building with more than 11.000m2 of space for sustainable activities.

The idea for the building is based on the maximum flexibility for tenants. Possibilities of rentals range from the whole floor for big companies until a single module of 13m2 for startups, thanks to the disposition of corridors and vertical circulation around two large atriums. The atriums provide skylight to penetrate deep into the office spaces, while generating a central communal area for the users.

A central corridor on ground floor cuts the building in two, creating two main accesses, one from the Campus and Plus Ultra I on the North side, and one from the parking building which was also part of the assigment.