State Office de Knoop

Utrecht, Netherlands
Fokkema & Partners Architecten
Institutional Architecture, Institutional Interior Design, Office
Reshaping the past into the future

The former ‘Lieutenant General Knoop Kazerne’ has been transformed into State Office ‘de Knoop’, a contemporary office building with additional representation as a central meeting hub for all Dutch Central Government Ministries. To house its new users in a transparent and inspiring environment, the original military compound with a closed structure was stripped completely. The virtues of the old construc... (continued)