TransPort
This is a project by Architectenbureau Paul de Ruiter and it is located at Amsterdam, Netherlands. Project's program: Office building. There are fifteen images for TransPort.
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Designer's statement
Paul de Ruiter Architects makes innovative and appealing architecture that is based on the principles of energy conservation and sustainability. As a building, TransPort both literally and figuratively energises its environment. It inspires people, cheers them up and promotes productivity. It is an intelligent building that came out of an inspired collaboration between the client, Schiphol Real Estate, the users and all the construction partners involved.
The TransPort design shows how a building can contribute to the way a company communicates with its surroundings. Rotating the building on its site will open it up to the neighbourhood and create links both with Schiphol’s core business activities and with the Amsterdamse Bos.
Considering the importance of allowing daylight into the building, the best possible orientation to the sun was chosen, which benefits the indoor climate and saves energy. On TransPort’s southern side, slats prevent the sun from heating up the complex, leading to a substantial reduction in the building’s cooling requirement. In contrast, the northern façade is extremely transparent to allow for as much natural lighting as possible, which improves the quality of the work environment. The building extracts its cold and heat from the soil and the roof is fitted with an exceptionally large number of solar cells – a surface of nearly 900 m2. Digital technology ensures that the building’s in-house sustainable generation of energy is continuously transparent for its users.
An extensive capacity study resulted in a streamlined building that fits into the urban planning schema. Daylight streams in from all sides, and there is a view from the building out over Schiphol and the Amsterdamse Bos. The building’s location at the corner of a major intersection determines the character of the area.
The flexible layout provides the opportunity for different users to make use of any part of the building independently of each other. Adjustments can easily be made to the size of the parts to be let. Giving the building a depth of 16.2 metres allows a wide variety of floor-plans.
