{"id":26128,"date":"2016-06-13T04:16:35","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T09:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/?p=26128"},"modified":"2019-12-05T09:12:38","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T09:12:38","slug":"european-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/european-council\/","title":{"rendered":"European Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In collaboration with designer<strong> Jurgen Bey<\/strong>, the Amsterdam-based creative agency<strong> XML<\/strong> has completed the design for the interior of <strong>the European Council in Brussels<\/strong>. The design includes the meeting room for European government leaders and a giant bluescreen in the atrium of the building.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-26128 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"639\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cq5dam.web_.960.800-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cq5dam.web_.960.800-1.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cq5dam.web_.960.800-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cq5dam.web_.960.800-1-768x511.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" data-full-width=\"960\" data-full-height=\"639\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"639\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cq5dam.web_.960.800-2.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cq5dam.web_.960.800-2.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cq5dam.web_.960.800-2-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cq5dam.web_.960.800-2-768x511.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" data-full-width=\"960\" data-full-height=\"639\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The design for the Presidential Chambers exists of a single piece of furniture that stretches through different rooms. The exchange of ideas is at the heart of politics. The architecture in which this exchange takes place has a powerful impact on the type of conversation. The new design offers multiple seating arrangements combined into a single space. Government leaders can change positions between group settings or bilateral talks, and can choose sides on opposing benches or have a dialogue in a more informal setting. The space also provides an exchange in a very literal way. The space is in build out of twenty-eight interlocking unique furniture pieces representing the EU\u2019s twenty-eight member states, echoing the motto of the European Union united in diversity.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-26128 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"639\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cq5dam.web_.960.800-3.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cq5dam.web_.960.800-3.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cq5dam.web_.960.800-3-332x221.jpeg 332w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cq5dam.web_.960.800-3-664x442.jpeg 664w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cq5dam.web_.960.800-3-688x458.jpeg 688w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cq5dam.web_.960.800-3-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.sohomod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cq5dam.web_.960.800-3-768x511.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" data-full-width=\"960\" data-full-height=\"639\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The floor of the grand hall of the building is covered with European-blue artificial grass. On first sight, the \u2018European blue\u2019 -color of the floor turns the atrium into an iconic European square. Through hanging a camera from the roof of the atrium, the blue floor gains depth as a bluescreen, turning the atrium into a canvas for artists. A screen will show \u2013 what first seemed only a blue floor \u2013 digitally transformed European squares, interactive installations and graphic design. The bluescreen shows the depth and diversity of the European blue, bringing a new imagination to Europe\u2019s representation.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>XML and Jurgen Bey designed the interior of the meeting room for European government leaders and a bluescreen in the atrium of the building at the European Council in Brussels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"0","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":""},"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[108,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-office","category-architecture"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.6 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - 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