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Philips WDX Building, Eindhoven

Client Philips Vastgoed, Beheer en Diensten
Project Manager Brink Groep, Tiel
Building Physics DGMR raadgevende ingenieurs bv, Arnhem
Architect INBO, Rijswijk
Structural engineer Adviesbureau Tielemans, Eindhoven
Built-up area 23.000 m2
Start design January 2002
Start construction February 2004
Completion project December 2005

Project description

  •   Offices (5.184 m2),
  •   Two cleanrooms (750 and 865 m2),
  •   Chemical laboratories (1.825 m2),
  •   Physical laboratories (4.456 m2),
  •   Temperature balanced rooms (350 m2),

and other facilities, amongst which are working areas and storage (2.000 m2).

Special details

The premises are divided in two separate buildings, an L-shaped five story building and a U-shaped four story building, connected by an atrium serving several footbridges.

All 115 different laboratories were designed by means of the well known Deerns method "beamer sessions", in which a close cooperation is developed between the user of the room, the project management, the architectural designer as well as Deerns. In combined meetings each room got its shape and required utilities from where the designers received the necessary information to start their job.

Finally, after moving into the building, Philips staff received additional support from Deerns for solving the necessary hook-up difficulties as well as modifications due to the on-going activity alterations during the building process until the management of Philips was fit to take over their responsibilities.
 

Involvement Deerns