Location
Hilden, DE
Services
Multidisciplinary Planning, Project Management, Architecture, Building Services, Laboratory Planning, Clean Room Planning, Process Planning, Logistics Planning, Energy Concept
Client
QIAGEN GmbH
Area
17.831 m² GFA | 82.797 m³ GV
Construction costs
EURO 29.2 million
Project term
January 2009 – March 2011
The QIAGEN campus is in the center of the town of Hilden. The aim was to create a campus of knowledge in a difficult, traditionally inner-city context which reflects this urban character, despite its intended use as a research and production facility. Therefore, we worked together with the town of Hilden and the management of QIAGEN to define specifications regarding the urban design quality of the new buildings and the surrounding campus.
The ensemble incorporates a challenging urban public environment as a residential and commercial development, and creates an urban and open campus of knowledge and communicates in a way which also benefits the urban environment. The scale of the surroundings was taken into consideration here.
Based on our previous master plan study, an R&D building with laboratory and administration functions was created in several construction phases as well as production and laboratory buildings (S1/S2/S3**). The buildings are constructed in a modular fashion, and can be expanded without using much in the way of resources after they have been completed and gone into operation.
