City Hall Venlo
New Construction
- Building Type : Office building < 28m
- Construction Year : 2009
- Delivery year : 2016
- Address 1 - street : Eindhovenseweg 18 5912AB VENLO, Netherlands
- Climate zone : [Cfb] Marine Mild Winter, warm summer, no dry season.
- Net Floor Area : 27 700 m2
- Construction/refurbishment cost : 35 316 112 €
- Number of Work station : 630 Work station
- Cost/m2 : 1274.95 €/m2
Proposed by :
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Primary energy need
1 kWhpe/m2.year
(Calculation method : Other )
The brief for the new City Hall presented a unique challenge in the form of stringent sustainability requirements set by Venlo municipality, which is the first region in the world to seek full implementation of the Cradle-to-Cradle principles. This resulted in an unique design process and an extraordinary (visionary) building that combines a comfortable working environment with sustainable innovations.
The project incorporates several strategies to guarantee sustainability: the heavily polluted air from the adjacent road is cleaned by the building and cooled down with the help of the Maas River and the underground car park; the offices and glass house generate heat for the surrounding homes by implementation of a geothermal heat pump; rain water will be collected and used, then cleaned and released into the Maas. The building will be mainly constructed out of wood
The new City Hall combines several municipal services that currently are scattered all over town in one open, accessible complex. The lay out of the building is efficient and includes offices, a plaza, a public hall with exhibition spaces, meeting rooms and an underground parking. The public hall located on the ground floor offers a view on the river Maas and its flood plains. The work places are situated in the tower.
See more details about this project
http://www.kraaijvanger.nl/en/projects/94/stadskantoor-venlo/Stakeholders
Contractor
Municipality of Venlo
https://www.venlo.nl/Designer
Kraaijvanger Architects
http://www.kraaijvanger.nl/nl/Energy consumption
- 1,00 kWhpe/m2.year
- 23,00 kWhpe/m2.year
Envelope performance
- 0,10 W.m-2.K-1
Systems
- Heat pump
- Solar thermal
- Solar Thermal
- Water chiller
- Geothermal heat pump
- Natural ventilation
- Solar Thermal
- Heat pump
- 75,00 %
Urban environment
Product
Air Purifying Green Facade
Kraaijvanger Architects, TU Eindhoven, Royal HaskoningDHV, Venlo City, C2C Expolab, BBN , Laudy Bouw, Mostert De Winter
Hans Goverde, Kraaijvanger Architects, [email protected]
http://www.kraaijvanger.nlStructural work / Structure - Masonry - Facade
The green facade and the trees purify the air from the road and railway line alongside the building. More than 100 varieties of flora & fauna contributes to the wellbeing of the employees, combat heat stress and form part of the insulation layer, but most of all they reduce 30% of the SO2 and NOx in the filtered air. The facade filters out the particulate matter produced by 3000 m² of roads and makes the surrounding air cleaner in general.
The city of Venlo established the ambition to create this green facade but needed measurable result before committing to the project. The stakeholders set out with The Eindhoven University of Technology and Royal HaskoningDHV to create a test set-up as proof of concept. This proved a considerable reduction of SO2, NOx and particulate matter, enough for the city to greenlight the project.
Holtz100 wooden inner leaf cavity wall
Thoma
Erwin Thoma, [email protected]
http://www.thoma.at/en/holz100Structural work / Structure - Masonry - Facade
The inner leaf of the cavity wall is made by the Thoma Company from Austria. Their Holtz100 system creates a non-glued solid wood shell on the interior of the Venlo City Hall.
The absence of glues and other chemicals makes the inner leafs completely Cradle to Cradle. In case of a future internal refurbishing all the wood can be disassembled and up-cycled into new and useful products.
Reasons for participating in the competition(s)
The project incorporates several strategies to guarantee sustainability: the heavily polluted air from the adjacent road is cleaned by the building and cooled down with the help of the Maas River and the underground car park; the offices and glass house generate heat for the surrounding homes by implementation of a geothermal heat pump; rain water will be collected and used, then cleaned and released into the Maas. The building will be mainly constructed out of wood.Building candidate in the category
Low Carbon
Smart building
Sustainable Construction Grand Prize
Users' Choice Award
Ronald Schlundt Bodien
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