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Waternet
Herman Hertzberger | |
| location | Amsterdam |
| function | office |
| contributed by | Bjorn_Utpott |
The Water Management and Sewerage Service is the Netherlands' first wastewater chain company. The Waternet Double Tower head office now stands at a bend in the River Amstel in Amsterdam. The open workplace, social space, the building as urban object, the building's capacity to accept change, and Structuralism are themes found throughout Hertzberger's office designs. A number of bridges link the two tower components, forging them into a single organic and organizational whole. This happens most literally at the eighth and ninth storey. Here is the building's heart, where a restaurant and a meeting centre with a large congress hall, a foyer and a café will draw to them all those working in the building. This is the place with the best views. It is also the most arresting part of the building seen from outside, certainly when lit up at night. Each storey has a straight side ideal for furnishing with traditional office rooms, and a curved side inviting a more open planning.
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