Dow Benelux Headquarters, Terneuzen, Dutch Commercial Building, Architecture Images
Dow Benelux Headquarters in Terneuzen
Diamond Center Building in Holland – design by GROUP A, architects
29 Apr 2019
Terneuzen Diamond Center
Architects: GROUP A
Location: Terneuzen, The Netherlands

?Innovative, inspiring, dynamic, a new standard in the field of sustainability and safety? That is how the Dow management describes the new Terneuzen Diamond Center at the Maintenance Value Park Terneuzen. The Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte performed the official opening.

One with the landscape

Since 1964 Dow Benelux has been located west of Terneuzen (Netherlands). Due to growth of the company, the many functions are spread over the entire factory site. For the new headquarters, designed by GROUP A, Dow specifically chose to place this outside the site. This new location is located at the debouchment of the Westerscheldetunnel embedded in the Zeeuws-Vlaanderen polder. The landscape of Zeeland served as inspiration for the design of the headquarters, both the interior and the exterior. Driving through the surroundings, you notice a color gradient; ranging from earth and green to the light grey blue of the sky. This gradient is reflected in the façade of the new building. The robust plinth of masonry stands for the Zeeland clay soil, the light superstructure with a horizontal play of lines and color gradient from dark to light, represents the landscape and the sky. The new office build...