Collective Business Commission, IJburg, Netherlands
This project is not only distinctive due to the striking diagonal grid covering its facade, but also because of the design and building process in the run up to its construction. Three years ago, architecture firms BNB and B06 decided to self-develop an office building for their own use. The municipality gave them a two month option on a building plot on Steigereiland. As it was, the two companies could only manage to take 700 sq m of the 3500 sq m plot and therefore created the Collective Business Commission (CBC). The premise of the CBC was that anyone who decided to join would be... >>>
