The Bezuidenhoutseweg 30 is an imposing and powerful 20th Century building in The Hague. The new design is the re-interpretation of the original design’s essence and is based on a clear plan to achieve an open and transparent architecture.

Pivoting doors allow the external gardens to enter the foyer area. The entire ground floor is an extension of the public and collective spaces and includes a seminar room, several meeting rooms, a restaurant and an espresso bar. At the core of the building, a large Atrium becomes the quiet heart of B30. Here, Dutch artist Rob Birza was called upon to design a new mosaic floor pattern, a garden abstraction giving life to an internal landscape that is visually connected with the city forest and the new side gardens.

All the workplaces spread in four floors have similar interiors quality by maintaining their own identity. A bright floor plan, natural routing and short walking distances play a major role. All passages are aligned and generate direct view lines through the building to allow an easy way-finding.

New roofs and ceilings characterize the foyers and the new workplaces and are designed in accordance with the structural and decorative coffers of the old Knuttel building (originally built in 1917).