Olympus European Headquarters

DGNB Gold at Olympus headquarters

The new headquarters of the medical technology group Olympus in Hamburg's Hammerbrook district was designed by the architects Gerkan, Marg und Partner (gmp) from Hamburg; the new building was realised by the Zech Group.

The aim was to create a state-of-the-art and sustainably built working environment that is geared towards activity-based working and promotes flexible and hybrid collaboration.

'The facade is designed in clinker bricks typical of the site. Above the plinth area, two to three storeys are visually combined in each case. Glass joints set the three building elements off from each other, thus achieving a scaled structural division of the large building lines. A highly efficient building envelope, natural window ventilation and high daylight availability at all workplaces characterise the rational overall design.'*

*Source: https://www.gmp.de/de/projekte/7364/olympus-european-headquarters
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The glazed building envelope with an area of almost 16,000 m2 is divided into windows as stacked facades and mullion and transom facades.

Execution period
February 2019 to May 2020

Client
ARGE Olympus Campus c/o ZECH Bau GmbH, Hamburg

Architect
gmp

Specialist planner
InFaCon GmbH, Cologne

Requirements
Thermal insulation, soundproofing

Products
SOKALTHERM® G 78 B windows as 2 or 3-storey stacking facades (11,900 m²), PR facade SCHÜCO FWS60 insert elements AWS 75 B and SchüSom (4,062 m²), revolving doors, fibre cement cladding, solar shading external venetian blind 60 louvre, aluminium sheet pilaster strips, glazed roof

Sustainability
The sustainability concept takes into account the requirements of the DGNB (Gold). For years, SOMMER facades have offered consistent documentation of sustainable products that meet the DGNB, LEED, BREEAM or BNB standards, so we made our contribution to achieving Gold certification.

Awards
DGNB Gold