008 — 51.9244° N, 4.4777° E
Commercial · Completed
Ink Exchange
A black steel slab slotted with horizontal ribbons of light, rising from a public hall.
01Concept
The tower is drawn like a line of text — dense, even and quiet — over a ground floor that belongs entirely to the city.
Brief
Flexible offices for six tenants with a public market hall and a rooftop garden.
02Design challenges / Design solutions
Design challenges
Strong wind loads and a tight urban footprint.
Design solutions
A perimeter steel exoskeleton frees the floor plate from columns.
Design challenges
Deep floor plates that risk becoming dark.
Design solutions
Ribbon windows and a light well bring daylight within eight metres of every desk.
03Image sequence
04Material palette
Weathered steel
Pre-patinated
Board-formed concrete
Raw, unsealed
Smoked oak
Oiled, matt
05Project in numbers
- 7800 m²
- Area
- 34 months
- Duration
- 22
- Floors
- 100 %
- Desks within 8 m of daylight
- 1200 m²
- Public hall
06Design team
Fictional studio. All content is illustrative demo material.
Elias Varga
Founding Principal
Jonas Lindqvist
Technical Director
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