"Rules vary from one country to the next, but differences in building teams determine the outcome of projects even more." Nils Eekhout illustrates his statement with a series of projects his office Octatube has completed all over the world.

1. (Inter)national Facades
Mini conference
Faculty of Architecture,
TU Delft, The Netherlands
28 May 2009
ekhout (O c tatube)
Nils E
Bu ilding T eams
Intern ational

2. 01 02 03
INTRODUCTION TIMELINE PROJECTS
Titel
Rules vary from one country to the next, but
differences in building teams determine the
outcome of projects even more.
Octatube International B.V.
Rotterdamseweg 200
2628 AS DELFT, HOLANDA
+31 (0)15-7890000 tel.
Nils Eekhout MSc
+31 (0)15-2622300 fax.
info@octatube.nl
www.octatube.nl

3. 01 02 03
INTRODUCTION TIMELINE
Organisation
PROJECTS
[ I ] Design & Build [ II ] Organisation
Nils Eekhout MSc
Until 2005: Study Architecture & BT
From 2001: Employee of Octatube
2005 – now: Director Octatube, Delft
DELFT, NETHERLANDS

4. 01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE PROJECTS
25th
[ 1983 ] [ 2009 ]
25
years of
INNOVATION

5. 01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE PROJECTS
[ 1983 ] [ 2009 ]
Octatube
until
2005

6. 01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE PROJECTS
[ 1985 ] --1985 hazeldonk
3D SPACE FRAME Project Bordercrossing Location Hazeldonk NL
SYSTEM OCTATUBE ™
Product Roof Year 1985
Type Structural Glass Architect Benthem Crouwel

7. 01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE PROJECTS
[ 1985 ] --1985 singapore
3D SPACE FRAME Project Music Dome Location Haarlem
SYSTEM TUBALL ™
Product Dome Year 1985
Type Structural Glass Architect Wiek Röling

8. 01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE PROJECTS
[ 1985 ] --1985 singapore
3D SPACE FRAME Project Serangoon Gardens Location Singapore
SYSTEM TUBALL ™
Product Roof Year 1985
Type Structural Glass Architect Tenggara & Mick Eekhout

9. 01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE PROJECTS
[ 1990 ] --1990 beurs
FIRST UV-BONDED FRAMELESS Project Musichall Beurs van Berlage Location Amsterdam NL
GLAZING SYSTEM
Product Façades & Roof Year 1990
Type Structural Glass Architect P.Zaanen & M.Eekhout

10. 01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
1997 Prinsenhof
PROJECTS
[ 1997 ]
Project Prinsenhof Location Delft
Product Façade & Roof Year 1997
Type Structural Glass Architect prof. dr. Mick Eekhout Associates

11. 01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE PROJECTS
--1995 OZ [ 1995 ]
Project OZ Building Location Tel Aviv
Product Façade Year 1995
Type Frameless Glazing Architect Avram Yaski

12. 01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE PROJECTS
2002 Friesland bank [ 2002 ]
SYSTEM OCTATUBE STREAMLINE Project Friesland Bank Location Leeuwarden
Product Dome Year 2002
Type Structural Glass Architect Van Tilburg & Grunstra

13. 01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE PROJECTS
2001 Floriade [ 2001 ]
Project Pavilion Floriade Expo Location Haarlemmermeer
EXPLOSION FORMED ALUMINIUM PANELS
AND COLDBENDED GLASS Product Façades & Roof Year 2001
Type Structural Glass Architect Asymptote Architects

14. 01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
2003 Ijburg
PROJECTS
[ 2003 ]
WORLD’S FIRST CARDBOARD DOME
Project Paperdome Location IJburg
Product Dome Year 2003
Type Cardboard Structure Architect Shigeru Ban

15. 01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY
2005 Rabin Center
TIMELINE PROJECTS
[ 2005 ]
FIRST GRP ROOF
Project Yitzhak Rabin Center Location Tel Aviv
FREEFORM
Product Façades & Roofs Year 2005
Type Structural Composites Architect Moshe Safdie

16. 01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE PROJECTS
Octatube
since
2005

17. 01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE PROJECTS
[ 2006 ]
Project Greenhouse Location Malmö, Sweden
Product Dome Year 2006
Type Structural Glass Architect Monica Gora

18. 01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE PROJECTS
--2006 tramhalte [ 2006 ]
WARPED GLASS CANOPY ‘COLD Project Tramstop Zuidpoort Location Delft NL
BENDED’ Product Canopy Year 2006
Type Free-form Architect prof. dr. Mick Eekhout Associates

19. 01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
2006 valencia
PROJECTS
[ 2006 ]
GRAN DIVERSIDAD DE Project Valencia Airport Location Valencia
DETALLES, FORMAS Y
Product Façades Year 2006
CONSTRUCCION
Type Structural Glass Architect Francisco Benítez

20. 01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY
2009 Moskee Haarlem
TIMELINE PROJECTS
[ 2006 ]
Project Selimiye Moskee Location Haarlem
Product Dome Year 2006
Type Frameless Glazing Architect De Architectenkamer

21. 01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY
2007 Pont du Gard
TIMELINE PROJECTS
[ 2007 ]
Project Paper Tube Bridge Location Pont-du-Gard
Product Miscellaneous Year 2007
Type Cardboard structures Architect Shigeru Ban

22. 01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE PROJECTS
--2008 Haley [ 2008 ]
STRUCTURAL GLAZING IN
Project Halley 6 Location Antartica
EXTREME TEMPERATURES
Product Dome Year 2008
Type Structural Glass Architect Hugh Brougton

23. 01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY
2008 Glass Cube
TIMELINE PROJECTS
[ 2008 ]
Project Glass Cube Location Spain
Product Facades & Roof Year 2008
Type Structural Glass Architect Alfonso Millanes

24. 01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
--2008 V&A
PROJECTS
[ 2009 ]
Project Victoria & Albert Museum Location London
Product Roof Year 2009
Type Product Development Architect Muma Architects

25. 01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY
--2008 Cotroceni park
TIMELINE PROJECTS
[ 2009 ]
Project Cotroceni Park Location Bucharest
Product Roof Year 2009
Type Structural Glass Architect Abraham Yaski

26. 01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
2009 Westerlaan
PROJECTS
[ 2009 ]
Project Entrances Parking Garage Location Rotterdam
Product Dome Year 2009
Type Frameless Glazing Architect Hoogstad Architecten

27. 01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE PROJECTS
DMG
Rules vary from one country to the next, but
differences in building teams determine the
outcome of projects even more.

28. 01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE PROJECTS
DMG
Budget x Time Factor = Ambition

29. DMG
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE PROJECTS
DMG
WAALWIJK
NL
DMG Waalwijk
Detail node

30. DMG
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE PROJECTS
DMG
WAALWIJK
NL
Sufficient time (80%), fair budget (50%)
Pro-active relation: Architect-Main contractor-Octatube

31. DMG
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE PROJECTS
DMG
WAALWIJK
NL
1st Design Optimalisation

32. DMG
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE PROJECTS
DMG
WAALWIJK
NL
Interior Perspective

33. DMG
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE PROJECTS
DMG
WAALWIJK
NL
Detail corner

34. DMG
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE PROJECTS
DMG
WAALWIJK
NL
Detail glass panels

35. DMG
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE PROJECTS
DMG
WAALWIJK
NL
Façade

36. AIRPORT
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Valencia
PROJECTS
MANISES
VALENCIA (ES)
Airport Valencia
Detail node

37. AIRPORT
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Valencia
PROJECTS
MANISES
VALENCIA (ES)
Little time (25%), no budget (10%),
Following main contractor.

38. AIRPORT
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Valencia
PROJECTS
MANISES
VALENCIA (ES)
Façade

39. AIRPORT
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Valencia
PROJECTS
MANISES
VALENCIA (ES)
Façade

40. AIRPORT
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Valencia
PROJECTS
MANISES
VALENCIA (ES)
Detail façade

41. AIRPORT
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Valencia
PROJECTS
MANISES
VALENCIA (ES)
Façade

42. AIRPORT
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Valencia
PROJECTS
MANISES
VALENCIA (ES)
Façade

43. AIRPORT
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Valencia
PROJECTS
MANISES
VALENCIA (ES)

44. AIRPORT
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Valencia
PROJECTS
MANISES
VALENCIA (ES)
No time + no budget

45. AIRPORT
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Valencia
PROJECTS
MANISES
VALENCIA (ES)

46. AIRPORT
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Valencia
PROJECTS
MANISES
VALENCIA (ES)

47. AIRPORT
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Valencia
PROJECTS
MANISES
VALENCIA (ES)

48. AIRPORT
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Valencia
PROJECTS
MANISES
VALENCIA (ES)

49. AIRPORT
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Valencia
PROJECTS
MANISES
VALENCIA (ES)
Little time + no budget
=
Constantly behind facts.
=
Very intensive, solving a lot of extra problems.

50. AIRPORT
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Valencia
PROJECTS
MANISES
VALENCIA (ES)

51. GLASS CUBE
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Madrid
PROJECTS
BANCO SANTANDER
MADRID (ES)
Glass Cube Santander Bank Madrid
Detail glass panels & special node

52. GLASS CUBE
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Madrid
PROJECTS
BANCO SANTANDER
MADRID (ES)
Money no issue (100%) + sufficient time (100%)
+ good building team (100%)

53. GLASS CUBE
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Madrid
PROJECTS
BANCO SANTANDER
MADRID (ES)
Detail corner roof

54. GLASS CUBE
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Madrid
PROJECTS
BANCO SANTANDER
MADRID (ES)
Detail corner façade

55. GLASS CUBE
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Madrid
PROJECTS
BANCO SANTANDER
MADRID (ES)
Column

56. GLASS CUBE
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Madrid
PROJECTS
BANCO SANTANDER
MADRID (ES)
Good result, relative no wasted energy of all partners.

57. ATRIUM DOME
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Cotroceni
PROJECTS
COTROCENI PARK
BUCHAREST (RO)
Atrium Dome Cotroceni Park Bucharest
Detail Mock-up

58. ATRIUM DOME
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Cotroceni
PROJECTS
COTROCENI PARK
BUCHAREST (RO)
Sufficient time (80%) + no budget (5%)
+ complicated team.

59. ATRIUM DOME
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Cotroceni
PROJECTS
COTROCENI PARK
BUCHAREST (RO)
Atrium Dome
Roof options: Orthogonal

60. ATRIUM DOME
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Cotroceni
PROJECTS
COTROCENI PARK
BUCHAREST (RO)
Little budget (15%) + no time (10%)
+ little less complicated building team.

61. ATRIUM DOME
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Cotroceni
PROJECTS
COTROCENI PARK
BUCHAREST (RO)
Atrium Dome
Roof options

62. ATRIUM DOME
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Cotroceni
PROJECTS
COTROCENI PARK
BUCHAREST (RO)
Atrium Dome
Roof options

63. ATRIUM DOME
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Cotroceni
PROJECTS
COTROCENI PARK
BUCHAREST (RO)
Atrium Dome
Roof options

64. ATRIUM DOME
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Cotroceni
PROJECTS
COTROCENI PARK
BUCHAREST (RO)
Atrium Dome
Final engineering: Crown

65. ATRIUM DOME
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Cotroceni
PROJECTS
COTROCENI PARK
BUCHAREST (RO)
Atrium Dome
Final engineering: Crown

66. ATRIUM DOME
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Cotroceni
PROJECTS
COTROCENI PARK
BUCHAREST (RO)
Atrium Dome
Final engineering: Roof

67. ATRIUM DOME
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Cotroceni
PROJECTS
COTROCENI PARK
BUCHAREST (RO)
Atrium Dome
Detail crown

68. ATRIUM DOME
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Cotroceni
PROJECTS
COTROCENI PARK
BUCHAREST (RO)
Atrium Dome
Building site 23 april 2009

69. IMAX THEATER
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Cotroceni
PROJECTS
COTROCENI PARK
BUCHAREST (RO)
IMAX theater Cotroceni Park Bucharest
IMAX Theater
Design Poposal

70. IMAX THEATER
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Cotroceni
PROJECTS
COTROCENI PARK
BUCHAREST (RO)
IMAX Theater
Design Proposal

71. IMAX THEATER
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Cotroceni
PROJECTS
COTROCENI PARK
BUCHAREST (RO)
IMAX Theater
Design

72. IMAX THEATER
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Cotroceni
PROJECTS
COTROCENI PARK
BUCHAREST (RO)
IMAX Theater
Cladding option

73. IMAX THEATER
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Cotroceni
PROJECTS
COTROCENI PARK
BUCHAREST (RO)
IMAX Theater
Mock-up

74. IMAX THEATER
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Cotroceni
PROJECTS
COTROCENI PARK
BUCHAREST (RO)
IMAX Theater
Mock-up at Octatube factory

75. ATRIUM DOME
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Cotroceni
PROJECTS
COTROCENI PARK
BUCHAREST (RO)
Spectacular gesture.
Very good engineered for Romanian concept.

76. ATRIUM DOME
01 02 03
PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE
Cotroceni
PROJECTS
COTROCENI PARK
BUCHAREST (RO)
Rules vary from one country to the next, but
differences in building teams determine the
outcome of projects even more.

77. (Inter)national Facades
Mini conference
Faculty of Architecture,
TU Delft, The Netherlands
28 May 2009
ekhout (O c tatube)
Nils E
Bu ilding T eams
Intern ational