stairs are the work of D/DOCK in collabora-
tion with Goede Doelen Loterijen’s in-house
designer Yolanda Loudon. On the rooftop,
sheltered by glass and plants, is a dedicated
spot for downward-facing dogs and cobras.
Ultimately, through creative think-
ing, collaboration and an ethos of sharing
with others, Van der Made and 600 fellow
architects were able to develop an office
concept that might become a reference for
effectively porous workplaces and the sus-
tainable reutilization of existing structures.
‘We wanted to prove that sustainability
starts with using what you have,’ says Esther
Wubben, the renovation’s project leader at
Goede Doelen Loterijen.
Most importantly, though, is the pro-
ject’s potential as a model for better practices
that foster the development of a sense of
ownership in the workplace. After the snafu
that was the negative employee reaction to
Norman Foster’s Apple Campus 2 – peo-
ple were literally running into glass walls
and complaining about office layouts – the
Goede Doelen Loterijen building is a testa-
ment to how the role of the workplace canevolve to involve an increasingly sophisti-
cated end user. Leave it to the Dutch to show
how the visionary and collaborative polder
mentality that created land where there was
only water can be applied successfully to
contemporary forms of design. – RM
benthemcrouwel.com
ddock.comReal-life greenery – a scheme devised with
MOSS – is reflected in a canopy of 6,800
aluminium leaves, which hide part of Goede
Doelen Loterijen’s 949 solar panels, LED
lighting and rainwater collectors.The role of workplace
can evolve to involve
an increasingly
sophisticated end user
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