Flexible workspaces enhance personal efficiency and creativity rather than ‘chaining’ occupants to specific desks and space is always used in the most energy-efficient way possible. That would be a building of the future, surely? Actually, it’s
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already here, and it’s called The Edge. A substantial, gleaming steel and glass addition to Amsterdam’s business district with superb transport links, it opened for business last year with forward-looking professional services giant Deloitte as its primary long-term tenant. Designed for developer OVG Real Estate by leading British
practice PLP Architecture, The Edge has been hailed as the greenest building in the world, rated BREEAM Outstanding with the highest sustainability score ever awarded – 98.4 per cent. It’s picked up a number of international environmental
magine an office more energy efficient and sustainable than just about any other in the world – a smart building that directly interacts with its users through a mobile app.
The multi-award-winning The Edge in Amsterdam proves it is possible to create a world-class intelligent office building that’s truly green, looks fantastic and helps people to work smarter. Ray Philpott reports.
and design awards, including best new office building in the BREEAM Awards 2016. OVG worked closely with Deloitte, who were looking for a
green office building with attractive, socially interactive, flexi- ble workspaces. In response PLP designed a highly energy-effi- cient, sustainable landmark building that embraced Deloitte’s workplace philosophy. Its sophisticated, interactive building management system (BMS) monitors and controls how the building is used as well as its energy consumption. “Deloitte wanted to bring together all of its Amsterdam
employees in a building specifically designed to make them feel part of the larger organisation,” explains PLP Founding Partner Ron Bakker. “The real heart of this project is providing flexible office
space, so there are no fixed office desks – not even for the CEO. Deloitte recognises that different groups of people have different ways of working and communicating so a flexible
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