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HARBOUR OFFICE GRONINGEN
G. DAAN, 1989-1990, Oosterkade 14, Groningen
Havenkantoor Groningen  / Harbour Office Groningen  ( G. Daan )
© 1991 Paul Groenendijk

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Gunnar Daan

BUILDING TYPE:
Office buildings

Here an existing small rectangular building has been extended with a modest lens-shaped tower in three levels. This volume, whose form suggests the bows of a ship, has timber frame facades with ribbed aluminium facing. The small tower's concrete floors are borne aloft by a steel skeleton. A spiral stair, also of concrete, links the entrance below the tower to the two office floors above. From here a panoramic strip window with a shading device of aluminium slats offers a prospect of the water. The inner walls are of clear-finished multi-ply panels recalling the interiors of inland craft.