Convair Building
Around the Amsterdam airport Schiphol was a need for office and trade buildings. A suitable place for these commercial activities is the airport’s original location, now called Schiphol-Oost. The remaining traffic control tower was moved and refurbished into a restaurant to serve a serie of office buildings named after classic airplanes.
Convair Building was the pilot project for the development. Two rectangular office wings are connected by a five storey high lobby in which a glass elevator tower and a hanging staircase with gangways link all floors. Surveyable and transparent to assist orientation. The curtain wall facing south-west is equipped with a bowing sun screen of metal panels.
Function | Office Building |
Status | Realized |
Client |
Schiphol Real Estate |
Location |
Schiphol-Oost |
Project architect |
Hans van Heeswijk |
Project team |
Milos Dimitrijevic, Hans van Heeswijk, Jeroen Rademaker, Ton Span, Jochem van der Spek, Rick Thani |
Start |
1996 |
Completed |
2000 |
GFA |
5.810 m2 |
Downloads
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convair-building-brochure.pdf |