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OFFICE BUILDING NISSAN

ZZ&P, 1989-1991, Johan Huizingalaan 400, Amsterdam

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
ZZ&P

DESIGN ENGINEER:
D3BN

BUILDING TYPE:
Office buildings

The Nissan building consists of two volumes, a pink tiled office slab and a rectangular box housing a training centre. The loadbearing structure of the office slab is in steel, a decision taken to meet the short construction time required and to achieve a column-free span of 15 metres. The prefabricated concrete floor slabs rest on a bottom flange of steel honeycomb girders so that the top flange can support a raised floor leaving 80 centimetres clear for piping and ducts. A glazed public area of triangular section serves to strengthen the slab. The director’s office is in the projecting crow’s-nest.