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TNO Building Innovation Lab

stimulus to innovation

Meeting and knowledge sharing are the central themes in the design of the new TNO Building Innovation Lab. The transparent corridor connects the test facilities and the laboratories with a meeting space in the core of the building. This is where you experience the dynamics of activities and where the core of TNO’s work is displayed at the TU Delft Campus.

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Room for innovation
The lab accommodates advanced research facilities to develop innovations and conduct research in the field of building materials, climate systems and constructions. Here, collaborating parties give shape to solutions for important social themes. Stimulating collaboration and making the work of TNO visible are the basic principles of the design.

Open and visible
Making TNO’s work visible starts at the main entrance where the transparent interspace connects the three-storey high test facilities with the laboratory and office wing. This building-high corridor is a meeting place with abundant daylight provided by skylights.

Living lab
The building also functions as a living lab. Recesses in the modular facade allow innovative facade products to be easily attached and tested. On the roof is a research facility where innovative building components are tested. The climate system is designed in such a way that heat pumps and heat batteries can be connected to the building itself.

Sustainable and circular
The building scores high on sustainability. climate chambers from the old lab were reused and metal support construction and aluminum façade elements can be disassembled and reused. Various measures have been applied to reduce energy consumption, such as a translucent façade that reduces the use of artificial light, a heat pump and solar panels on the roof. This is how the TNO Building Innovation Lab contributes to a sustainable society.

TNO’s Building Innovation Lab designed by GROUP A is by a.s.r. real estate on behalf of the ASR Dutch Science Park Fund and developed by Stone22. Contractor De Vries en Verburg, was responsible for the realization of the building.

Facts

Investor

a.s.r. real estate

Developer

Stone22

Assignment

New build

Location

Van Amstelpark 8, TU Delft Campus-Zuid

Area

2,700 sqm

Function

Research building TNO

Start design

December 2018

Start construction

April 2020

Completion

February 2021

Photography

Ossip van Duivenbode
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The makers of this project

Folkert van Hagen
Folkert van Hagen
folkert@groupa.nl

Architect | Partner

Chris Woltjes
Chris Woltjes
chris@groupa.nl

Architect | Projectleader

Perry Klootwijk
Perry Klootwijk
perry@groupa.nl

Architect | Projectleader

Brigitte van der Tuin
Brigitte van der Tuin
brigitte@groupa.nl

Interior architect

Mindaugas Arlauskas
Mindaugas Arlauskas
mindaugas@groupa.nl

Architect

Hala Abi Saad
Hala Abi Saad
hala@groupa.nl

Architect | Urban designer

Boyuan Shi
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Arjan Siebelink
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Jos Overmars
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External stakeholders
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