The Danish architectural firm schmidt hammer lassen architects (SHL) proposes an innovative design for the new permanent headquarters of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague. Just recently, the proposed design for the building – located close to the North Sea – was preferred over 20 shortlisted designs in an architectural design competition. The building will become one with the dune landscape visible as ‘an undulating composition of volumes on the horizon.'
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The building will consist of six volumes having their roots in the surrounding dune landscape. Featuring cultivated parterre gardens from the ground floor level, the tallest of the volumes, i.e. the Court Tower, forms the core of the green construction.
With flowers and plants from each of the 110 member countries, the parterre garden rises up as a symbol of unity, regardless of nationality and culture. The remaining volumes, the office towers, are draped in a tapestry grid, almost like embroidery.
The new ICC Headquarters seeks to achieve the second highest rating within the British BREEAM scheme, BREEAM Excellent.
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Via: Detail.de
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