Central Tax Office Walterboscomplex

The four existing and two new office towers of the Central Tax Office are bound together by a vast new plinth building. All communal functions like congress centre, sports centre, restaurant, print shop, reception and parking are situated in this new extension. The plinth building is conceived as a dug out basement level around two large patio gardens. A huge rainwater pond covers the entire roof and is used as a cooling device for the building. A series of steel clad light wells float in the pond as the only visible elements of the sunken building.

Project data

Location

Waltersingel 1, 7314 NK Apeldoorn, The Netherlands

Year of completion

2007

Program

ICT Campus Central Tax Office The Netherlands Offices, central services, educational services, parking, gym, restaurants.

Surface area

45.000 m2

Awards

Nomination Mies van der Rohe Award

Publications

Architectenweb

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Architonic

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Credits

Client

Netherlands Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, Government Buildings Agency

Architectural design

Neutelings Riedijk Architects

Architectural engineering

Bureau Bouwkunde

Structural engineer

Zonneveld bv Ingenieursbureau

Mep

Van Heugten Raadgevend Technisch Buro, Deerns Raadgevende Ingenieurs

Building physics

DGMR Raadgevende ingenieurs

Landscape architect

Bosch en Slabbers tuin- en landschapsarchitecten

Artist

Rob Birza

Main contractor

BAM Utiliteitsbouw

Photos

Scagliola Brakkee