Dentons is the world’s largest law firm, with currently 183 offices in 75 countries.
Studio PROTOTYPE has been asked to design the interior concept of ‘The House
of Dentons’ for their office in the Netherlands, with approximately 6000 m2 located
in the Viñoly building on Amsterdam’s Zuidas. Studio PROTOTYPE collaborated
with DZAP a design & build construction in order to get from first sketch to final
realization within a year. Thanks to smart phasing by housing advisor Cushman
& Wakefield, Dentons was able to keep working in the Viñoly buiding during the
rebuilding.

The principle of House of Dentons is a warm & timeless interior that translates the
polycentric character of Dentons into a versatile interior. The concept exists out
of a variety of places with their complete own character that stimulates meeting
& movement on the basis of intuition & openness. The central place within the
concept is an atrium, that feels like the heart where the dynamics of the interior
becomes visible. Places such as the entrance landscape, the meeting lane, art
gallery and the green tribune garden are laced together in a beautiful way and
create diversity in ‘ways of working’, but give a sequence of different (interior)
experiences too.

The sequential experience is being strengthened by the effect of wings, by adding
large wooden discs on strategical positions on the plan. They create beautiful
bounded spaces with several vistas to other spaces. With ‘House of Dentons’
a work environment has been created to offer security and comfort while at the
same to function as a stage for talent to excel on.

Photos by Ewout Huibers