🟩 GreenBricks Building of the Week 🟩 Booking.com HQ

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Situated in Oosterdokseiland – one of the largest urban projects in Western Europe – Booking.com HQ is the new highly multifunctional, vibrant heart.

📍Location

Oosterdokseiland, Amsterdam

🏢Building Details

• Mixed-use urban campus, inc. 60,000m2 office

• Home to 5,000 colleagues

• Completed 2022, in use Q2-2023

👷🏾‍♀️Developer & Contractor

• Jeroen Galle – Project Director @ BPD Gebiedsontwikkeling

• Frank De Roo – Project Director @ ZÜBLIN Nederland

• Jan Witte – Project Manager @ STRABAG

• Van den Pol Elektrotechniek

• Klimaatservice Holland B.V.

• Bob Elshof – Project Director @ Booking.com

✍️Architects & Engineers

• Core & Shell – UNStudio

• Lead Interior Architect – HofmanDujardin: Michiel Hofman. Barbara Dujardin, Bo Winnubst

• Designers – CBRE Design, i29, Linehouse, Studio Modijefsky, Rublek, Stefan Scholten, Makers of Sustainable Spaces

• Project Management – CBRE Nederland

🌱Sustainability

• BREEAM Excellent

• Part of ‘creating living environments’ scheme – formerly under-utilised plot exclusively for postal services – now x10 area utilised = efficient space utilisation for whole Amsterdam community to enjoy

• Incorporates holistic green ecosystem by MOSS – leaders in Green Architecture + Biophilic Design = highly nature-inclusive design

• Smart building system with proactive climate control: determines heating + cooling capacity, anticipating demand for maximum efficiency

• Excess electricity generated stored in main latent energy storage system (LTES) = grid independence

🥦 Wellbeing

• Opportunity for ‘walking meetings’: architecture encourages physical movement through engaging environments with stairs, bridges and galleries connecting 1st floor to rooftop

• 28 diversely designed break-out areas: each echoing elements of exceptional travel destination (Amazon, Greek islands, Serengeti) to spark inspiration

• Striking workplace views across the river and towards the city

• Includes cosy mother rooms, prayer + meditation rooms

🎈Bonus feature

A rich and lively city is never the work of one architect. So, Booking.com adopted a unique, highly collaborative approach – working with 9 architects and interior designers. Not an easy task. UNStudio were the architects of the building, while HofmanDujardin established the masterplan + mood boards for the interior spaces – firms including CBRE design, i29, Linehouse, Studio Modijefsky and also UNStudio then contributed their magic to the interiors.

🔗 Check it out https://www.unstudio.com/en/page/11733/booking.com-headquarters