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Flexim Headquarters

Flexim Headquarters
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FLEXIM HEADQUARTERS

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ARCHITECT
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CLIENT
Flexim GmbH

STRUCTURAL DESIGN
ZRS Ingenieure / IBRF GmbH

ELT PLANNING
ISB Schneider, Bauer GmbH

CLIMATE DESIGN
IB Hausladen

TIMBER CONSTRUCTION
Zublin Timber

PHOTOGRAPHS
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AREA
13700 m²

YEAR
2017

LOCATION
Berlin,Germany

CATEGORY
Headquarters

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Flexim GmbH is an internationally leading company in the development and production of ultrasound measuring devices.

Flexim Headquarters
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Flexim Headquarters
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The concept for their new headquarters building in Berlin-Marzahn was based on six courtyard buildings that could be constructed in stages to accommodate the firm’s gradual expansion over a number of years, the first two volumes of which were completed in 2016.

The concept aims to most efficiently accommodate the complex production and logistic processes that take place in the building while offering flexible spaces and a generous number of shared and communicative areas.

The building is constructed in an innovative timber-concrete structural system.

Flexim Headquarters
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Flexim Headquarters
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Thus the below ground level is in reinforced concrete and the upper floors have concrete cores, central columns and primary beams spanned by a timber-concrete hybrid floor system.

Apart from the core, the entire light-weight 4th floor is built completely in timber.

Flexim Headquarters
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Flexim Headquarters
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Furthermore, the vapour permeable and climate-active building shell is a complete timber construction.

These material properties are complemented by an appropriate amount of glass as well as shading and night-time ventilation elements to provide an optimal level of user comfort throughout the year and a low primary energy requirement.

Flexim Headquarters
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Flexim Headquarters
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Through the additional provision of regenerative energy sources (heat reclamation from underground sewage pipes, solar collectors and PV panels), the building is 30% below the strict German EnEv standard.

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Zonification

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