Foster + Partners

ICÔNE Collaborative Office Complex

ICÔNE Collaborative Office Complex
© Nigel Young

ICÔNE COLLABORATIVE OFFICE COMPLEX

Foster + Partners

ASSOCIATE ARCHITECTS
BFF Architectes

PHOTOGRAPHS
Nigel Young

AREA
18800 m²

YEAR
2023

LOCATION
Luxembourg

CATEGORY
Office Buildings, Cowork Interiors

Text description provided by architect.

Foster + Partners has completed ICÔNE, a new office complex in Belval, Luxembourg. The 18,800-square-metre office building, filled with light and greenery, encourages a spirit of co-creation and collaboration.

ICÔNE Collaborative Office Complex
© Nigel Young
ICÔNE Collaborative Office Complex
© Nigel Young

Its layout addresses the need for flexible and safe working environments that will emerge in the future. It also references the rich industrial heritage of Belval, revitalizing the area by making a positive contribution to the site and its surroundings. The scheme is targeted to achieve a BREEAM Excellent rating.

ICÔNE is located in Belval, a new city quarter combining research, education, leisure, and commerce. The scheme relates to the scale of neighboring buildings and addresses the different characteristics of the surrounding streets.

ICÔNE Collaborative Office Complex
© Nigel Young
ICÔNE Collaborative Office Complex
© Nigel Young

Its entrances are articulated differently in response to Porte de France, the main urban street to the west, and the Place de l'Académie to the East. New shops, cafés, and restaurants will bring life to these entrance elevations at pedestrian level.

Designed in collaboration with local practice BFF architectes, the building is arranged as two wings enclosing the central atrium, wrapped by a distinctive orthogonal façade and roof which emphasizes the structural grid and gives the building appropriate to its industrial setting.

ICÔNE Collaborative Office Complex
© Nigel Young
ICÔNE Collaborative Office Complex
© Nigel Young

The historic and symbolic Belval blast furnace forms the central focus of the dramatic vista from the atrium. 

The fluidity of the internal space contrasts with the building’s formal exterior. The atrium resolves the level changes between the street and the plaza through a series of stepped terraces which create a spectacular arrival sequence.

ICÔNE Collaborative Office Complex
© Nigel Young
ICÔNE Collaborative Office Complex
© Nigel Young

The open circulation adds to the vibrancy of the internal spaces, with communal green landscaped terraces for informal meetings and break-out spaces at higher levels as part of a rich and varied whole.

The façade is both structural and environmentally responsive, providing an integrated solution that allows for internal column-free office spaces as well as solar shading and maximized internal daylight.

ICÔNE Collaborative Office Complex
© Nigel Young
ICÔNE Collaborative Office Complex
© Nigel Young

The external façade benefits from a series of external green loggias, visible from both the inside and outside of the building.


ICÔNE Collaborative Office Complex
© Nigel Young
ICÔNE Collaborative Office Complex
© Nigel Young
ICÔNE Collaborative Office Complex
© Nigel Young


ICÔNE Collaborative Office Complex
Level 3 floor plan
ICÔNE Collaborative Office Complex
Ground level floor plan
ICÔNE Collaborative Office Complex
Section
ICÔNE Collaborative Office Complex
Site plan


ICÔNE Collaborative Office Complex
South elevation
ICÔNE Collaborative Office Complex
West elevation
ICÔNE Collaborative Office Complex
North elevation
ICÔNE Collaborative Office Complex
East elevation


ICÔNE Collaborative Office Complex
Facade elements
ICÔNE Collaborative Office Complex
Axo

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