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Case Studies Genzyme Centre

The Genzyme Center is located on a former brownfield site near the Charles River in Cambridge, MA. The 12-floor building accommodates about 920 workplaces and was designed from the inside out to represent Genzyme Corporation and provide an identifiable space for employees, guests, and visitors. Organized as a "vertical city" with individual "dwellings," public areas, and gardens extending through a central atrium, the open staircase forms a "vertical boulevard" connecting various neighborhoods of open workstations and separate offices flooded with natural light.

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Case Studies Genzyme Centre

The Genzyme Center is located on a former brownfield site near the Charles River in Cambridge, MA. The 12-floor building accommodates about 920 workplaces and was designed from the inside out to represent Genzyme Corporation and provide an identifiable space for employees, guests, and visitors. Organized as a "vertical city" with individual "dwellings," public areas, and gardens extending through a central atrium, the open staircase forms a "vertical boulevard" connecting various neighborhoods of open workstations and separate offices flooded with natural light.

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GENZYME CENTER CAMBRIDGE, MA, USA, 20002004

The Genzyme Center is located in the midst of other dynamic research institutions on a former brownfield site close to the Charles River. The design brief required a progressive building which would represent a point of identification for the Genzyme Corporation, its employees, guests and visitors. The building accommodates about 920 individual workplaces over 12 floors. Commencing with the initial architectural competition and throughout a highly integrated design process the primary design objective was to develop a building from the inside out. Organised as 'a vertical city' with individual dwellings, public areas and gardens which extend up to the full height of the central atrium. The open staircase forms part of a 'vertical boulevard', starting at the ground floor lobby before proceeding upwards through various neighbourhoods with open workstations and separate offices.
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The interior is flooded with daylight, all workstations are naturally illuminated through a combination of re-directional blinds at the buildings perimeter and the top-lit central atrium. Above the atrium roof a sunlight redirection system with heliostats and fixed mirrors serves to further enhance lighting levels. A prismatic ceiling beneath the skylights carefully filters the light, then disperses it into the interior of the building through reflective objects such as the sparkling 'chandeliers' and the 'light-wall'. The atriums role as a return air duct ensures that the chandeliers are, under the influence of thermal effects, constantly in motion, further enlivening the space. The building has been awarded the USGBC Leed Platinum Rating and is a prime example of what can be achieved through the application of sustainable strategies in the workplace.

Client Base Building Lyme Properties LLC Cambridge, MA Client Tenant Improvement Genzyme Corporation Cambridge, MA Architect Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner, Inc. Competition 2000, 1st Prize Planning and construction 20002004 Gross 32,500m Address 500 Kendall Street Cambridge, MA 02142 USA LEED Platinum 2005

GENZYME CENTER CAMBRIDGE, MA, USA, 20002004

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GENZYME CENTER CAMBRIDGE, MA, USA, 20002004

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GENZYME CENTER CAMBRIDGE, MA, USA, 20002004

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GENZYME CENTER CAMBRIDGE, MA, USA, 20002004

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GENZYME CENTER CAMBRIDGE, MA, USA, 20002004

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