Case Study BESPOKE OFFICE ENTRANCE, CURVED SLIDING DOOR MODEL BSDR 2 AO ELEGANCE, HEERHUGOWAARD, THE NETHERLANDS Koper Vastgoed accommodated her office in the year 2000 in the stately office building Forum, Heerhugowaard, The Netherlands. Bauporte was invited to design and create a 7800 mm high TALL revolving door. The upper part was transferred into a magnificent glass lantern with a height of 3400mm. The lower part became a four winged, automatic revolving door. Times have changed. Together with new tenants came new demands for the building’s main entrance. The new tenants wanted a completely open entrance, where large groups of people are able to walk straight trough and wheelchairs could easily drive inside. Bauporte has given the door an entire new function by keeping the existing surroundings and taking out the rotating part. There came a curved double-winged automatic sliding door, model BSDR2 AO Elegance There didn’t take any aesthetic change to the building place, so there was no need for a building permit. By installing the Bauporte air curtain in the centre of the door, the entrance was complete: “A passage with great capacity, inviting, warm and transparent”. Summary Project: Client: Location: Architect: Contractor: Entrance: Dimensions: Forum Heerhugowaard Koper Vastgoed Heerhugowaard, The Netherlands Dubbel winged, curved automatic sliding doors, BSDR2 AO Elegance Ø 3400 mm, height 5730 mm width 1450 mm, height 4270 mm www.bauporte.com 1 Northumberland Avenue, Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5BW T +44 (0)207 55 48 757, F +44 (0)207 87 25 611, [email protected] Zandsteen 14, 2132 MR Hoofddorp, The Netherlands T +31 (0)23-55 75 924, F +31 (0)23-55 75 923, [email protected] Making an entrance