Studio: ELEMENT

Designer / Architect: de Architekten Cie

Personal / Commissioned: Commissioned Project

Location: Noordwijk Netherlands

Primarily housing office space and computer rooms, the center has been designed as a highly efficient and resilient building which can be adapted into the future. Architects convince that this building is 35% more energy efficient than required regulations. The life-cycle of the building was the main aim of the project. Galielo Reference Centre is constructed from wood and consists structures easily disassembled and reassembled. Facade is made out of one component in three different transparencies. From fully opaque to fully transparent. This provides necessary permeability and enclosure in required areas of the building.