Decos Headquarters

Decos Headquarters

INBO as Architects

The new headquarters of the Decos Technology Group in Noordwijk (NL) initiated a new era for this international company having a custom-made workspace to encourage the use and apply their own innovative technologies. A braving ambition of the client has led to the realization of this very unique design and of an important personal dream.


The new headquarters has been designed to symbolize the intangible cutting-edge technologies the company develops and uses, ensuring the leading position Decos has through their company's philosophy. Systems for paperless environments and fleet management ensures personnel can work wherever they may be. This approach offered the designers an opportunity to fundamentally reconsider the office space and the way people work. The building therefore has been adapted to accommodate all the fluctuations of occupation and variations of flexible spaces for working and meeting places, this contemporary way of working acquires.


The proposal of Inbo was to signify a prominent presence on location by transcribing their inspiration from the power of a meteorite impact. Motive was found in the surrounding context. Situated in the Space Business Park, adjacent to ESTEC-ESA, Decos will be amongst other affiliated companies besides the public divisions of the centre. The concept of the meteorite refers to the space related activities carried out on the campus.


The building’s cladding, a smooth seamless ice-blue synthetic skin, cut through by continuous window-strips contributes to the effect of alienation and wonder. The site folds like a moonscape leaving a crater around the building. The main feature is the experience of the skin recurring in the interior by partially detaching the floors from the skin, creating views to all levels. The voids which are created make possible free views through the different open office floors. Stairs have been places in and near the voids to encourage the use of stairways and to enjoy the spatial effects of the skin. A transparent organization is the result. A solstice window works as a sundial which adds to the mystic and connects to the universe.


No paper means no archiving cabinets or orders and employees with laptops can have flexible workstations. The interior comprises a selection of meeting rooms for long and short meetings, large and small. Some for standing up, lounging or spots for informal meeting, but also a large multi-functional conference room, coffee-corner, brainstorm space and a game room. A central strip in the building contain most of the meeting spaces, toilets elevator and other necessities.


The new building is a daring and powerful statement answering the demands of the global operating company.

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