international headquarters fugro

Fugro is a geo-data specialist that collects and analyses extensive information. The sturdy, new, international head office is located next to the existing Fugro TechCenter in Nootdorp. It is an extremely sustainable building with an inviting, climate-proof garden. A straight line connects the older Fugro TechCenter via the heart of the new building to the equally new car park. The new head office has four floors, with flexible workspaces, consultation rooms, meeting rooms, laboratories, and a restaurant with a terrace.

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Fugro

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Nootdorp

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Fugro

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breeam outstanding

The main building is divided into four wings, which are connected by two axes. One of these runs into the garden path on both sides. The other is a more homely, internal axis with various seating areas. The design provides for a possible extension on the garden side or an extension in the form of a separate building in the garden. The wings can also be lent out separately, should the building become too large. PV panels have been installed on roofs and some facades, the main building and garage are demountable and remountable, and the two buildings and the grounds have an ingenious, coherent water system. Thanks among other things to these aspects, the design has been certified BREEAM Outstanding.

straight lines & native verieties

The garden's layout is based on the straight lines of the surrounding landscape. The Plantation Plan only includes native varieties. Wadis and a large pond collect rainwater which, like the rainwater on the roofs, is directed to a shell deck under the car park where it is filtered for a greywater circuit or infiltrated into the soil. Fugro designed this water system itself. In addition to a wide paved path, there are unpaved paths, decking and stepping stones in marshy areas. The pond meanders around the restaurant terrace and contrasts with the straight lines of the wadis. The garden contains play elements and there is a meeting greenhouse.

bright

The new head quarter is a bright building, with lots of glass in the facades and a skylight above the two axes. This provides a nice view of the garden and the roof gardens. The transverse axis is mainly designed with wooden elements and provides spaces for formal meetings and informal gatherings, including a podium staircase. The long axis is paved with natural stone on the interior and chic, finely brushed concrete on the exterior. At the intersection of axes hangs a large globe that projects data about Fugro, next to which runs a frequently used canopy bridge. Plants are an important design element, placed in substantial stands on all floors. Diagonally below the globe, two small trees can be found in sunken pockets.

facades

The car park with bicycle storage, for employees and visitors, stands separate from the main building. At the backside of the main building, is a loading area. The head office has a façade of corten steel, interspersed with vertical glass façade strips. The façade of the car park consists of pine slats, which are slightly parted to allow daylight and natural ventilation. The colour of the wood matches the corten steel of the main building and the orange terracotta of the neighbouring Fugro TechCenter.

partners

landscape architects: BoschSlabbers
consulting engineers: Van Rossum
consulting engineers: Mulitcal
building physics: Cauberg Huygen
building services: Deerns
sustainability: RoyalHaskoning
housing consultancy, project management and construction cost consultancy: 4building
hospitality consultant: Vijverborgh
main contractor: De Vries en Verburg
contractor building services: den Doorn
circular design: EWB
design for experience: MMEK

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international headquarters fugro