MECC Maastricht

Architect René Thijssen of Zoom.Industries
Location Maastricht
Photography J.W. Kaldenbach
Furniture W.H. Gispen 301 & 302 Easy Chairs and Coffee Table, AVL Workbench, This Bucket Chair and pieces of the Boring Collection 

The Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Center MECC has auditoria, halls and exhibition rooms where not only trade fairs, company presentations and congresses are organized, but also performances by Andre Rieu and the Eurovision Song Contest. The office spaces located on two upper floors needed a new look. For this, Lensvelt supplied all the furniture in collaboration with creative director René Thijssen of Zoom.Industries in Maastricht.

The seating area adjacent to the catering area is furnished with both red and pink upholstered W.H. Gispen 301 and 302 Easy Chairs (with armrests) and Gispen Coffee Tables. An attractive, comfortable relax place for employees and visitors.

The client wanted a more striking appearance and quality furniture for the standard office spaces. Lensvelt provided the AVL Workbench and special custom made benches for the catering section. This robust design by Atelier van Lieshout, executed in red polyester, is now a true eye catcher.

The small enclosed meeting rooms are furnished with Boring visitors chairs specially upholstered in shades of pink. This Bucket Chairs by Richard Hutten are upholstered in the same color.

The large open space contains – the far from boring - gray furniture from the Boring Collection that Lensvelt developed in collaboration with the architectural firm Space Encounters. The low cabinets also serve as room dividers and the acoustic panels on the desks are alternately upholstered with striking red and pink Kvadrat fabric.