client:
Zwitserleven, Amsterdam
programme:
16.700 m2 offices
architect:
Pi de Bruijn
project team:
Y. Uehara, H de Haas
contractor:
Brink Groep bv., Leidschendam en Ballast Nedam, Nieuwegein
date of commission:
1995
date of construction:
1995 - 1997
gross surface:
16.700 m2
Zwitserleven, Amstelveen
This is the main office of what is probably the most famous Dutch insurance-company, called ‘Swiss Life’. Situated along the A9 motorway in Amstelveen, it consists of an H-shaped volume on top of a base containing a central hall, meeting rooms, an auditorium and a canteen. The recess of the ‘H’ ensures that sufficient natural light penetrates the compact volume. At the same time this ground plan in the form of an irregular ‘H’ permits a great variety in floor depths making the building specially fit for the latest concepts in office design and organisation towards more differentiation.