Key：Netherlands

项目概况:

The new City Hall and Cultural Center designed by 3XN in the Dutch city of Nieuwegein, with an area of 27000sqm and cost of 49 million Euros, is designed to create cohesion and the foundation for a stronger local community. The building has two facades.The inner is a traditional facade of concrete and glass, while the exterior facade of glass patterned silkscreen almost folds around the building, but without covering it completely. This avoids direct sunlight in work station areas, while spaces like the lobby and restaurant receive maximum natural daylight and unobstructed views over the city. Architecturally the building takes its point of departure from a central and bright atrium from where asculptural staircase soars up through the building and connects the many diverse facilities – indeed facilities not normally found in a City Hall. By bringing together the local library, citizen service center, café, cultural center and commercial spaces in the building, the City Hall fuses with a rangeof everyday activities to strengthen the connection to the commercial and residential area surrounding the building. The five floors spread out like afan and open up towards the atrium, allowing the building’s visitors and employees to visually connect with what is happening on the other floors. Put great emphasis into maximizing the benefits of daylight through use of windows,including a huge picture window on the 4th floor, through which daylight streams down into the building. The glass’ geometric patterns in blue and grey give the facade a three-dimensional expression and reflect the diversity ofboth the building and Nieuwegein.