VBJ architectuur en bouwmanagement

The Dutch architecture agency VBJ architecture & bouwmanagement in Veenendaal is used to designing for the automotive branche. The agency worked several times for the car industry before and also designed a new showroom for Porsche in Heteren, The Netherlands. At the end of year 2008 VBJ was commissioned to design a new Porsche Centre in Amsterdam. They decided to use the high-quality facade system Qbiss One for the outside building front.

The new Porsche Centre does not have a real front or backside, it is all-round. The eyecatcher is the round shaped awninglike façade with view to the motorway. VBJ was looking for a facade elements that did not just look elegant but that was also fire-resistant and waterproof. Kristinsson was introduced to Qbiss One through the Dutch cladding firm Bijlbouw BV (which specialises in assembling sandwich panels) of the building contractor Pleijsier Bouw. “I had never heard of Qbiss One before, but the product completely comes up to our high expectations. The outdoor elements of Qbiss One is filled up with non-combustible mineral wool and is waterproof. We also like the high design level.” VBJ architecture & bouwmanagement already received many positive reactions to the project in Amsterdam. “Working with Qbiss One went very well and we will certainly work with it again.”