Zonwering Postkantoren bv

Client: Postkantoren bv, Utrecht, the Netherlands. 

The design and implementation of a very specific sun blind in the hall of Postkantoren bv's head office in 2005.

During the new construction of the office building, it was not foreseen that the sun would shine quite far into the hall in autumn, winter and spring. So far that the office reception was blinded by the sun. A solution was sought.

Arch ID found the solution by naming not the space but the workstation of the reception as the starting point to be shaded. This opened the way to moving away from several previous traditional proposals put forward by third parties.

The triangular sails give the reception the necessary shade but, unlike other proposals, do not close off the entire facade by far, still allow plenty of light and visibility.