V TOWER OFFICE PROJECT ARCHITECT Wiel Arets Architects, Maastricht LIGHTING DESIGNER Industrielicht B.V., AB Alblasserdam PHOTOGRAPHER Jan Bitter, Berlin Project Description The V-Tower is part of the Flight Forum, an industrial park in Eindhoven comprising six centres. The first of these centres includes all buildings with office functions, thus also the V- Tower that contains nothing but offices. The whole site is divided into two along its entire length by a large parking garage whose roof simultaneously creates a second urban platform. While the main entrance of the tower lies at this higher level, parking and deliveries take place on the level below. Apart from the shared facilities such as the entrance lobby and the lounges situated on the upper storeys, all three floors have exactly the same height and thus correspond to the clear and angular external geometry of the tower. The building was planned along two dominant main axes, which make the ceiling cross- section clearly visible from outside while the internal arrangement allows cell-shaped as well as open-plan offices. Besides these main axes, only three additional supporting pillars were needed to carry the entire construction. The result is open, expansive areas as far as the eye can see. In order for employees to focus their attention fully on their work, the furniture, which is entirely in white with just a few exceptions, fades entirely into the background. Homogenous light throughout the building is provided by the elegant Vela ceiling lights that reinforce this effect. The constant interplay of the glazed and enamelled elements of the sealed exterior envelope – from clear to diffuse – only appears to follow a random pattern. In reality, it is due to the intensity of the light used in the building, the angle and intensity of the light shining on the building, and the reflections of the immediate surroundings. 1/3 V TOWER OFFICE PROJECT ARCHITECT Project Photos Wiel Arets Architects, Maastricht LIGHTING DESIGNER Industrielicht B.V., AB Alblasserdam PHOTOGRAPHER Jan Bitter, Berlin 2/3 V TOWER OFFICE PROJECT ARCHITECT Wiel Arets Architects, Maastricht LIGHTING DESIGNER Industrielicht B.V., AB Alblasserdam PHOTOGRAPHER Jan Bitter, Berlin No liability is assumed for typographical or printing errors. © XAL GmbH · Auer-Welsbach-Gasse 36 · 8055 Graz · Austria · www.xal.com 3/3 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org).