Uploaded November 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
From the architect:
Upon its completion in 1992, Rijnstraat 8, the former Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM) building represented both an innovative office typology – its atriums served as conservatories: the outside brought inside – and a leading example of sustainability. Today the building, designed by in the 1980s, no longer offers the flexibility and openness required of a contemporary office space. In collaboration with the original architect, Jan Hoogstad, and in the context of a Public Private Partnership under the name of PoortCentraal (consisting of BAM, ISS and OMA), OMA has developed an integrated concept for the building based on a renewal of its existing architectural qualities.
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The day has come! the building is open and we HAD to see it!
Thanks to the guided tour, we had a chance to visit the interior, which is almost impossible without certain permission.
Thanks to Yinglin, Saskia Simon and Kaas van Casteren from OMA.
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Music: JOAKIM KARUD - MONDAYS
Shot on: Canon G15
Shot in Den Haag, The Netherlands
From the architect:
Upon its completion in 1992, Rijnstraat 8, the former Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM) building represented both an innovative office typology – its atriums served as conservatories: the outside brought inside – and a leading example of sustainability. Today the building, designed by in the 1980s, no longer offers the flexibility and openness required of a contemporary office space. In collaboration with the original architect, Jan Hoogstad, and in the context of a Public Private Partnership under the name of PoortCentraal (consisting of BAM, ISS and OMA), OMA has developed an integrated concept for the building based on a renewal of its existing architectural qualities.
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The day has come! the building is open and we HAD to see it!
Thanks to the guided tour, we had a chance to visit the interior, which is almost impossible without certain permission.
Thanks to Yinglin, Saskia Simon and Kaas van Casteren from OMA.
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YouTube Channel: youtube.com/donotsettle
Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/donotsettle
Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/donotsettlep...
Contact us at donotsettleproject@gmail.com for collaborations
Please support us to make more videos! Have a look at our Patreon page: patreon.com/donotsettle
Music: JOAKIM KARUD - MONDAYS
Shot on: Canon G15
Shot in Den Haag, The Netherlands
