Project data
- Status
Competition - Year
2004 - Tipology
Headquarters - Location
The Hague, Holland - Client
European Patent Office - Budget
137 million € (adjusted to 2013) - Total Area/Surface/Volume
71.000 sq m
Description
The buildings rest on a spectacular platform, the square of entry, made up of a mirror of water interrupted by coloured islands forming a suprematist image.
The same “rigorous” freedom of design of the square is felt in the positioning of the buildings, open, free… and all identical in that they emphasise the “coloured” design of the basament.
Bellini has always founded his work on an intense conversation with the figurative experiences of the 20th Century, which here turns to the example of Piet Mondrian’s figurative breakdown by signalling the marked separation of this period compared to his earlier work.
(Ermanno Ranzani)
Credits
Architect
Mario Bellini Architects
Design Team
Mario Bellini with Masahiro Matsuno
Project Team
Masahiro Matsuno (Project architect)
Luca Bosetti, Maurizio Di Lauro, Alessandro Zufferli
Consultant
Structure: Arnp Italia
Engineering: Arnp Italia
