Central Park – a ninety-metre-high office tower – will be located next to the Municpal Offices. Due to an constriction at a height of 45 m, the volume of the building is divided into two masses. This horizontal accent has two storeys and thus connects with that of the Municipal Offices. The interior has an inner garden with a meeting place. Central Park will be completed in the third quarter of 2021.
The office facade has a subtly varied structure and composition. For sustainability reasons, less glass will be used in places with a lot of sunshine, and vice versa in places with less sunshine. This standard will be deviated from in exceptional places, where there are views of striking buildings in the city. In contrast to the office facade, the facade of the constriction is completely transparent, with sculptural edges at the top and bottom.
The green inner gardens in Central Park, stand for a special ecosystem; unique for users of the building and unique for the city of Utrecht. The maximum use of greenery and visibility from the city will give the building a sculptural value that is timeless and a logo for Utrecht.
Together with Central Park, GROUP A is designing the Stadsplateau – The Forum, a raised and greened square with a parking garage underneath. Because of its location on this plateau, which is on the same level as the public transport terminal, the integration of the building into the city is reinforced.
Facts
Client
Angelo Gordon and APF International
Location
West side station area Utrecht
Assignment
New Build
Area
31.596 sqm
Function
Offices and retail
Start design
2017
Start construction
April 2019
Completion
June 2021
Images
PixelPool, GROUP A
Ambition BREEAM - NL SCORE
Excellent, score of > 75% (expected)
The makers of this project
Jos Overmars
Jing Lin
Luca Piattelli
Kenny Kwong
Dichao Wang
External stakeholders
Investor
Bouwinvest Office Fund
Contractor
Bouwcombinatie Westflank Noord
Project management
Peak Development
Structural Engineer
van der Vorm Engineering
M&E Engineer
Huygen Installatie Adviseurs
Building physics
Peutz BV
Rental
JLL
