Central Tax Office Walterboscomplex: A Vast New Plinth Building with A Huge Rainwater Pond

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It is a vast new plinth building that comprises four existing and two new office towers of the Central Tax Office. Central Tax Office Walterboscomplex is located in the Netherlands, a 45,000 m2 building designed by Neutelings Riedijk Architects. It has a huge rainwater pond used as a cooling device for the building. This project is completed in 2007.

Design

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Besides four existing and two new office towers, all communal functions are also situated in this new extension. These communal functions include a parking area, a reception, print shop, restaurant, sports center, and also a congress center. This building is not an ordinary office building but a modern building that provides complete facilities for working.

Details

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Around two large patio gardens, the plinth building is designed as a dugout basement level. There is also a huge rainwater pond that covers the entire building roof. This pond is also used as a building cooling device. In the pond, a series of steel-clad light wells float, the only visible elements of the sunken building.