IGZ Campus Falkenberg
Premio de participación: Premio Hábitat Social y Sostenibilidad
Categoría de participación: Arquitectura Sostenible y Eficiencia Energética
País de representación: Alemania
Autores:
Arq. Jürgen Mayer H.
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Arq. Hans Schneider
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Srta. Elina Kolarova
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Sr. Mehrdad Mashaie
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Srta. Mariya Petrova
Memoria
The completion of IGZ’s new main building on its extended campus is a significant step for the software company’s own economic positioning and part of larger regional efforts to increase employment opportunities in rural areas. IGZ is a fast-growing company in IT logistics and Industry 4.0: part of the digital boom we have experienced since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and the growing possibilities for innovative developments, fostered by financial and economic support from the EU. In addition, infrastructural measures put forward by individual municipalities to maintain and create jobs have an impact on the entire Upper Palatinate region. For these reasons, sustainable and innovative planning and construction were the centerpiece of the new IGZ Campus module in Falkenberg.
J. MAYER H. won the design for the main building of the IGZ campus at an invited competition. The building is the first new construction of the site’s extended masterplan. Reaching over 120m in length and sitting at the highest point of the site, the new construction complements existing company-owned buildings, creating a harmonious ensemble.
Innovative construction engineering techniques ensure a holistic approach to the building concept. The new IGZ building is an example of how construction in rural areas is not only reserved for agriculture, tourism or local recreation. Instead, in this age of “New Work” (Work 4.0), the new headquarters of “IGZ-The SAP Engineers”, allows them to strengthen their local ties and reaffirm their presence as an innovative and responsible employer in the region.
The building was planned as a skeleton structure of reinforced concrete. All load-bearing and bracing components are made of wood and exposed concrete, creating a visual blueprint of IGZ’s company headquarters. The partition walls and built-in furniture are non-load-bearing and made entirely of wood and glass. Composed of various elements, the construction remains highly flexible for future alterations.
The loft-like work landscape, composed of exposed concrete and wood is designed to allow teams to make their space more flexible. The design’s language is communicated through large-scale wooden fixtures in the foyer and other areas and reflected further in the rounded shapes of the movable desk-walls and mobile whiteboards.
The holistic building concept includes an innovative building technology, which is expressed by a regenerative energy supply by means of geothermal energy and a photovoltaic system. The building is mainly heated and cooled by a surface heating-cooling system in the form of underfloor heating and concrete core activation The passive temperature control method is integrated into the reinforced concrete ceilings. Heating and cooling is thus regulated by the building’s concrete core temperature control system. The energy required for this is sustainably generated through a total of 60 geothermal piles, each 100m deep. These systems ensure a pleasant feeling and climate in the building.
The building was constructed using sustainable, durable and recyclable building materials, such as recyclable concrete and wood. The wood as a local material was complemented in the interior by the use of granite stone, which is typical in the Upper Palatinate region.