“ Our proposal is to introduce, into this earthbound port world, a flagship of noble scale and proportion whose materiality is unsettling and whose geometric abstraction, total. This building is calm and serene, nothing can touch it, it’s part of the sky. It takes on the colour of the sky through the slightly iridescent clear glass of its façades and the stainless steel of the horizontal lines that give it rhythm.”
Jean Nouvel
Status Finalised
Dates 2012 - 2018
Clients Office Européen des Brevets (OEB)
Types of assignment Competition, Full mission, Interior design
Program Office building with a double glass facade, about 100m high and 150m long houses meeting rooms, training center, opposition rooms, sport facilities, amicale club, coffee corner, restaurant
Habitable area / Surface area 52,700 m² / 87,500 m²
more infos
Address Patentlaan 2, 2288 EE Rijswijk, Pays-Bas
Team Team JOINT VENTURE: TBI Consortium New Main (Constructor), Jean NOUVEL – Ateliers Jean Nouvel (Architect), Dam & Partners Architecten (Associated architect)
ASSISTING ARCHITECT TO JEAN NOUVEL: Aurélien COULANGES
PROJECT LEADER: Jean-François WINNINGER (Competition), Bernard DUPRAT (Execution)
ARCHITECTS:
Competition: Paolo CARIGNANO, Bernard DUPRAT, Astrid HOPFNER, Kirsi MARJAMAKI
Execution: Marie-Hélène BALDRAN, Astrid HOPFNER, Mark LINENBERGER, José MILLAN, Serena MINACCI, Daniele PASIN, Julien PASTEAU, Andre PROCOPIO, Mathias RAASCH, Martin TEGALDO, Caterina VETRUGNO
COMPUTER GENERATED IMAGES: Benjamin ALCOVER, Michael KAFASSIS, Mizuho KISHI, Sébastien RAGEUL (Competition)
GRAPHIC DESIGN: Eugénie ROBERT, Elise TAPONIER, Martin GASC, Vatsana TAKHAM (Competition)
3D MODELISATION: Michael GLOUDEMAN (Competition)
INTERIOR DESIGN: Ernesto MISTRETTA, Nicolas PERRICHI (Competition)
LANDSCAPE: Laura GIULIANI, COPIJN (Competition)
MODEL: Romain CAILLON, Rui PEREIRA, Ursula TYSZKIEWICZ (Competition)
ENGINEERS: Zonneveld ingenieurs b.v. (Structure), Walter and Dros, Croon (Building service), J.P. van Eesteren (Cost estimator), Peutz (Climatic engineering, environment, fire protection, acoustic)
