Urbex in Zoetermeer: an office building before demolition

An office building near my home in Zoetermeer was already partly demolished when I photographed it. The short-lived opportunity became my first local exploration of this kind of architectural decay.

Most original details had gone, but broken bicycles offered a foreground. Rainwater had collected on the exposed floors, reflecting the remaining walls and openings.

I used a Sony Zeiss 16–35 mm lens, bracketed the exposures and processed them in Photomatix Pro. The HDR treatment brought out the textures and contrasts.

A sign asking people to keep a room clean remained in a hallway full of debris. That small contradiction became one of the details I remembered most from the session.