Projects
MetaForum University of Technology Eindhoven.
On the occasion of the completed new Metaforum Jacques Choisy visited early October along with Joost Ector (Ector Hoogstad Architecten) the campus of the Technical University of Eindhoven. The W-hall (Mechanical Engineering hall) of the former Eindhoven Technical College formed part of the first generation of buildings on the campus. The building was constructed in the second half of the 1950s, after a design by architects Van Embden and Choisy. The aim was to create a flexible ‘indoor hectare’ for machinery and experiments. A clever structural design resulted in the characteristic ‘draughtboard roof’, which, together with the transparent facade, provides the...
Read MorePierres Vives furnishing
(Español) Pierres Vives se encuentra en Montpellier, octava ciudad más grande y más dinámica de Francia. Se ha concebido como una oferta innovadora y cultural para satisfacer las necesidades de un importante crecimiento económico de la zona yde una población que crece a un ritmo de más de 1.000 habitantes por mes.
Read MoreDynamobel furnished Burginvest’s offices (Steigereiland, Amsterdam)
Dynamobel headquarters in the Netherlands is in Amsterdam in the building of Burginvest Steigereiland. Here are 14 companies among which are Architectenweb and the Materia Inspiration Centre, both furnished by Dynamobel. Architectenweb The biggest website for architects of the Netherlands, based in Amsterdam, chose to furnish it’s total new office completely with Dynamobel products. Materia Inspiration Centre With a total area of 1400 m² the Materia Inspiration Centre (Amsterdam) offers a big range of material samples selected from Materia’s independent material collection. On top of this, Materia organizes thematic exhibitions and open their Materia Book...
Read MoreGroup 8
Dynamobel furnished the new headquarters of Group 8, housed in an old, 780-m2 warehouse. The unique feature of the layout lies in the use of reused shipping containers for a range of collective uses, such as rest areas, conference rooms, cafe, etc. This original idea splits the warehouse into two large areas: one occupied by these monsters of storage and an open-plan area with a great number of work stations. The furniture used, TEC desks and Trazo chairs, is white and lends spatial rhythm to the room thanks to the vertical architecture provided by the T-Box storage modules. The non-repetition of the furniture layout means that the area goes some way towards resembling...
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