Newbuild for lab technology producer Agilent in Waldbronn
High-tech location with innovative textile façade
(PresseBox) - In Waldbronn, near Karlsruhe, Californian life sciences company Agilent has expanded its existing company site by adding a modern customer and technology centre. Designed to look like a pavilion and opened by means of large glass fa
Global laboratory technology producer Agilent Technologies develops, produces and sells complete analytics solutions which are used to develop new medicines, monitor foodstuffs, in cancer research and doping tests, among others. With its headquarters in Santa Clara, California, the company emerged in 1999 from the Hewlett-Packard technology group and has concentrated solely on analytical measurement technology since 2014.
One of the key sites in Europe is the Agilent Campus in Waldbronn, where around 1000 employees work. In July 2017, a state-of-the-art customer and technology centre was completed there and its modern architecture blends in seamlessly with the existing building. The newbuild provides workstations flooded with light for around 450 employees across 16,200 m2 of space for flexible use.
Large technology campus
The Waldbronn campus has been extended several times since it was opened in 1978 as an erstwhile Hewlett-Packard subsidiary. Its most recent addition was in 2006 in the form of a transparent office building with cafeteria. Connected to the south of this building, the new customer and technology centre has become the fifth building on the site. The three floors contain 25 technical laboratories, testing and training rooms, an auditorium, 35 meeting rooms and open office spaces. The integration of a large light well in the middle of the building ensures that the lab workstations in the centre ring have natural light too. The newbuild is connected to the existing building via a freestanding glazed bridge on the first floor.
?With the new extension, we have brought together all development and marketing areas as well as industry design and quality assurance under one roof, while also creating a representative customer space for training and product demonstrations,? explains Armin Probst, responsible for building management at Agilent in Waldbronn. ?A place for open communication and exchanging ideas and experiences has thereby been created to supplement the existing site. The transparent glass fa
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The Vollack Group, based in Karlsruhe, was commissioned in the summer of 2014 as the general contractor and project manager of the newbuild. In recent decades, the experts for development, planning and construction have completed numerous high-quality projects in the areas of offices, industry and health across Germany and employ around 300 people in ten locations. Starting with the existing architecture on the site, the business model and the wishes of the customer for a communicative building with high flexibility, the planners liaised closely with employees and developed an open cube resembling a pavillion with elegantly detailed glass fa
A characteristic element of the external appearance is the textile units which protrude far above the ground floor and on the outer edges of the fa
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Solutions for fire and smoke protection
A key aspect when completing the newbuild was the implementation of effective fire and smoke protection. Based on the architects? design requirements, various systems from Sch
One particular special feature is the narrow ribbon windows which were installed in the staircases of the atrium. ?The two strips are connected to each floor, but they ultimately stretch over the entire building height,? explains Martin Bayer, Managing Director of RFE Rauch- und Feuerschutz-Elemente GmbH based in Stockstadt am Main. The Sch Firestop F90 internal glazing. This is a high-quality aluminium fire-resistant construction with particularly narrow face widths, enabling a slimline overall appearance with maximum transparency.?
To ensure effective fire and smoke protection in the transition from underground car park to the basement as well as in the transition to the meeting rooms, glazed Sch
In addition, in the transition from the underground car park to the basement, Schns Martin Bayer.
The concept is complemented by the particularly stable, thermally insulated Schayer, summing up the interplay between the various components.
Project details
Client: Agilent Technologies Deutschland GmbH & Co. Immobilien KG, Waldbronn
Architecture: Vollack Gruppe, Karlsruhe
Fabricator: Heidersberger Fassadenbau GmbH, Greven
Developer: Hochtief Infrastructure GmbH
Implementation: ARDE Hochtief & Harsch
Gross floor space: 16,200 m2
Completed: July 2017
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Window system: Aluminium Window System (AWS) 114 insert unit
Door systems: Aluminium Door System (ADS) 75 HD.HI
Fire and smoke protection:
FireStop F90 internal glazing
ADS 80 FR 30 fire door
ADS 65.NI aluminium internal doors
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