Rijkswaterstaat CIV
Traditionally, Delft has produced two kinds of engineers: the military who had to defend the country against its human enemies and the civil engineers who had to keep out the water. Both needed topographical information. That is why the knowledge and advisory centre of the Dutch Department of Water Management is still located in Delft.
Since 2003 this centre is housed in a well-equipped office building at the edge of the city. The ground level and first floor contain all the information and consultation services that the organization provides to the outside world. The floor plan of the six office floors above consists of two L-shaped plans linked in the middle. The core of the building is a central hall with glass outer walls that, like the elevators, are suspended from the roof above.
The surprise of this building is that what normally counts as the darkest place, the vertical connector with elevators and stairs in the centre, here turns out to be the best lit. Two patio gardens on both sides of the entrance represent the outside world inside.
Function | Office Building |
Status | Realized |
Client |
Rijksgebouwendienst, Den Haag |
Location |
Derde Werelddreef 1, Delft |
Project architect |
Hans van Heeswijk |
Project team |
Jerome Adema, Ellen Baan, Jens Böhm, Marieke Bekirov, Niki Carman, Rob van Dam, Andrew Dawes, Helène Gros, Dick de Gunst, Hans van Heeswijk, Remco van Heumen, Mirjam Heymann, Remco de Hoogh, Rob Hulst, Maartje Kaper, Thijs Postma, Jeroen Rademaker, Ton Span |
Start |
1995 |
Completed |
2003 |
GFA |
14.500 m2 |