Unique Actelion Business Center Design in Allschwil, Switzerland

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Unique Actelion Business Center Design in Allschwil, Switzerland

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Named the Actelion Business Center, the structure was designed by Herzog & de Meuron and were completed recently. This cantilevered office building located in Allschwil, Switzerland. The structure is composed of rectangular volumes that appear to hover over one another like blocks in a game of Tetris. It also equipped with energy saving features like self shading and solar panels and also boasts grass carpeted terraces that reduce stormwater runoff and keep the building cool.

The Actelion Business Center has 350 offices within its light filled interior and was designed with the goal of creating an open, communication orieneted atmosphere for employees. Many of the windows are floor to ceiling, triple glazed glass, allowing daylight to flow in and relieve workers from the claustrophobic feeling that plagues many workplaces today. And there are green roof terraces located on the third and fifth floors.

The center was designed with carbon neutrality as one of its goals. As such, it has quite a few sustainable features. The building has built in self shading that works by inclining the glass facades of the upper floor offices downwards. The triple glazed windows are all equipped with louvers that automatically adjust depending on the sun’s position. the Actelion also gets a portion of the energy it uses via photovoltaic cells.