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factory Rolf Huijgen - 4091507

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Table of contents Problem statement Target group analysis Core concept Location analysis & Urban strategy Interaction analysis Sustainability principles Work setup & references Computational strategy & construction reference Floorplan & Section & Views & Movie

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Problem statement Amount of startups

• Increasing amount of startups each year.

• Only 10% of the startups survive in the first 3 years.

• Startups growth and life expectancy is very unstable.

Growth

Growth

Growth

How can architecture (incubator) positively influence startup survival rates?

Research Questions • • • •

How to spatially promote collaboration between startups?

How to spatially stimulate the user’s creativity and productivity?

How to attract more knowledge to the incubator?

How to spatially cope with the rapid growth of startups

• (Fascination) How to passively make the design more sustainable?

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Incubator - Target groups

Freelancers Looking for places to network Important assets for startups Flexible hours -

Students Cheap assets for startups Require a space to study Can begin their own startup Eager to learn entrepreneurship

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Artists - Require their own studio - Useful assets for startups - creative innovators - Flexible hours

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(Student) Startups Between 1 - 25 employees. Majority 5+ No fixed income as a company Rapid growth or decline of employees Might discontinue in the first few months Virtually no hierarchy and managers Not all startups require their own office Require collaboration for them to thrive Employee characteristics ЄЄ Flexible, yet working over hours ЄЄ Go-getter attitude ЄЄ Unexperienced

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Dutch startup statistics Graphic industry IT industry Pharmaceutical industry Electrical appliances Information services Telecommunication Chemical industry Electrical tech. industry Waste industry Research

80%

Standard office setup

15%

Tech setup

5%

Laboratory setup

(Graphic Ind. / IT Ind. / Information serv. / Telecommunication)

(Electrical appliances / Electrical tech. Ind.)

(Pharmaceutical Ind. / Chemical Ind. / Waste Ind. / Research )

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• Enhanced office setup • Electrical safety room • Special room (laser, etc.)

• Extra ventilation, power and cooling requirements • Clean working environment

Flex Desks Private desks Meeting room Phone Bootb Storage space

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Core concept Balance

• Work / Relax balance results in healthier employees • Provides informal opportunities to network

Share

Learn

• Allow startups to grow inside the building • Clustering of startups can result in innovation

• More knowledge leads to innovation • Provide opportunities to share knowledge • Networking on steroids

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Incubator hot spots

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Connectivity Amsterdam

7 min.

Workspaces

A10

Investors

Incubators

8 min.

Companies

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Amsterdam Science Park

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7

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Urban Strategy Connectivity

Landmark status

• Become the center of Amsterdam Science Park • Connect to existing park • Attract neighborhood by continuing park upwards into the building

• Rise above existing buildings (15m) • Deviate from existing architecture • No shadows from neighboring buildings

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Work condition parameters

Busy-ness

Decor/stimulation Colour (saturation and hue) Naturalisation Views (outside) Natural Artificial light Natural light

Ambient Noise

Sound

Silence

Equipment noise

Sight

Ergomics

Posture reflective

Proportional space/assets ratio

Density

Touch

Creativity Collaboration Productivity

Taste & Smell

Comfort

Air Quality

Temperature

Line-of-Sight

Orderliness

Spaciousness

Cleanliness

Ceiling Height

Feeling Alive

Personalisation

Aliveness

Thinking

Active

Multi faceted

Orientation Energizing

Ambience Relaxing

Balance & Acceleration

Movement

Ambient movement Percieved movement

Speech (Permission)

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Interaction references The Cooper Union, NY Morphosis Architects, 2006

Interaction • 6 m wide - Vertical piazza results in many incidental meetings • Meeting spaces visually oriented towards the atria • Sky bridges connect the informal spaces • Elevators skip floors encouraging the use of sky bridges and the vertical piazza • Visible and accessible public spaces allows the neighborhood to interact and join in.

Atrium • 75% lit by natural daylight • Improved airflow

Simmons Hall, MIT Steven Holl, 1999-2002

MVRDV House, Rotterdam MVRDV, 2016

Interaction • Atria are the main interaction space, many incidental meetings can occur • Decentralized atria result in more personal gatherings • 3 meter corridors imitate urban streets • Relaxing functions are spread out, stimulating interaction and a home-like feeling.

Building • Atria’s allow natural indirect daylight to enter the building.

Interaction • All soundproof cells and ateliers are visually oriented towards the central interaction space.

• Linear dinner tables stimulate more interaction by avoiding clustering • Multi-colored work and play rooms create an identity and informal atmosphere • The stairs used for presentations also act as main interaction space Building • The high ceilings and roof lights result in natural indirect daylight

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Workspace distribution Circulation

• Can result in incidental meetings - stimulates crossfertilization • Determines level of privacy in space • Way finding is increased by identity

Point of interests

Visual interaction

• Creates informal/incidental meeting opportunities • Spreading out POI’s = more personal interaction (less people - less anxiety)

• Transparent acoustic barrier can induce interaction and reduce distraction • Determines the likelihood of meeting

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Circulation - Networking Rational Horizontal circulation

Organic Open

Vertical circulation

+ More incidental meetings, cross-fertilization + No curved surfaces, practical spaces

+ Longer incidental meetings - Less space efficient + Based on shortest distance

+ Encourages and stimulate interaction - Lack of visual or physical boundaries can lead to ineffective work behavior - Less incidental meetings

Slope

- Slow + Strong visual connection + Horizontal circulation is not disrupted + can be integrated with sitting/working platforms

Stairs

-/+ Fast -/+ Only induces interaction on horizontal platforms + Necessity in high rise building (fire escape) + Used as seating

Elevator

- Faster - No visual connection + Space efficient + Necessity in high rise building

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Sustainability Passive daylight usage

Vertical urban park

Atrium

Work

Relax

• No sunshading required for work functions • Relaxing functions on each level

• Become the center of the science park • Let the park rise up in the building - invite neighbourhood • Effectivily use sunny side of the building

• Increase indirect daylight • Increase visual connections near the atrium • Passive climate system with atrium

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Program connectivity e c a p s ed r a Sh

t dayligh c e r t Di

Terrace

Gaming

Bar

Silent workspace

Food court

Welness Center Open workspace

Sport hall

Total of 7500 m2 Physically close

Phone booth

Studio

Data center

Rentable workspace

Meeting room

Lounge

Startup workspace Exhibition

Reception

Lecture space

pri va t

e

Restaurant

Can b e

Entrance

Storage

Fablab

Shop Helpdesk

Lockers

Pantry

Toilets

Always visually close

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Workspace fundamentals Clustering

Varying work setups

Informal environments

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• Startup clustering to stimulate collaboration • Cross fertilization can lead to innovation

• Optimal working conditions vary a lot between users • Different tasks require different setups

• Variating visual stimuli can increase productivity • Freedom to change workspace can lead to increased creativity and productivity • Unique spaces can stimulate way finding and support startup identity

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Required work setups

Studio (artist) Fashion startup IT startup Meeting Room Lounge area Fablab Class Room Open work Silent work Exhibition hall Wellness Work alone,

Meet Work together

Whiteboard pitch, Moodboard beamer

Store, cloth racks, show Lock,

Stand, Build, Design, Meet

Relax, Game, Meet, Work, Teach,

Paint, build, perform, play games, yoga, fitness

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Workspace requirements Privacy (Daily)

Multi-functional (Daily)

• Multitude of workstation with a gradient of privacy • Provide an acoustic buffer • Allow for transparency • Switch between collaborative and private work • Ergonomic: suitable for different body proportions • Modular design for different kinds of storing and readjusting height preferences.

Able to grow (Weekly)

• House more users if needed • Create different workstation clusters depending on tasks • Allow startups to merge their private spaces

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Workspace references PKMN Architects - Sliding Walls

Multi functionality

Hyperbody - Pop-up apartment

Hyperbody - URHouse - Pushable walls

RAAAF - Passive multi-functional Interior

Incubator - Work pod

Rietveld - Sliding walls

Elii - Potlatch - Storage/partitioning system

Shigeru Ban -Naked House - Rolling interior

Fabpod - Modular acoustic partitioning

Flexwork - Modular partition system

Acoustic properties Tutors: Dr. H.H. Bier & Dr. Ir. K.M Vollers

Work environment analysis The End of Sitting RAAAF, 2014

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Modular office incubator URHouse

Open floor plan stimulates interaction Higher furniture blocks result in visual and acoustic privacy Acoustic partitioning requires sounds absorbing material.

• The active working posture results in more interactivity • Optimized for a huge variety of supported working positions • and body proportions

Hyperbody MSc2

• • Rapid change from individual to • collaborative Acoustic dampening is achieved • when the pods connect Dynamic circulation space results in many incidental meetings

Acoustic, physical and visual reconfigurations possible Stability achieved through connecting modules High personalization due to flexibility and modular design

Flex work system

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Time intensive reconfigurations, not meant for daily use Proper acoustic reconfigurations can be realized Startup re-clustering can be achieved A more personal environment can be achieved through flexibility interior

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URhouse

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1200

Startup variation - IT Startup & Studio IT Startup

Studio

1200

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Startup variations - Fashion Startup IT Startup

1200

1200

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Computational Strategy - parameters KNOWLEDGE

Scripts

Context analysis

Urban

Program distribution

3D visualizations

20m2 (2) 30 m2 (6) 20m2 (2)

50 m2 (15)

15m (2)

2

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15 m2 (1)

Daylight and wind Urban circulation Surrounding program Boundary constraint

26 m2 (5) 35m (6) 2

N

Space properties

• • • • •

Program connectivity Private / public Affected by noise Need for daylight Sq meters of program

40 m2 (10)

50 m2 (12)

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Opt: Park circulation Opt: Outside program Opt: Energy generation

Floor plan generator

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45 m2 (20)

Opt: Circulation on floor slabs Opt: Indirect daylight on workspaces Even distribution of common area’s Plug in: Kangeroo

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3D print of floor slabs Renders from 3D model Facade still missing

Construction analysis

Reconfiguration sim.

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Work setup

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Min Dimensions Possible configurations Layout

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Opt: Visual connections in open workspaces Opt: Circulation between floors Plug in: Anemone (loop)

Min: Visual impairment for program Opt: Structural optimization Plug in: Karamaba3D

Animate startup growth & reclustering

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Construction reference Toyo Ito - Sendai Mediatheque

Design rules

• Tubular construction can be used for light distribution (not in my case) • Honeycomb floor construction allows for irregular spacing between columns.

• Minimal construction and atrium = more daylight + stronger visual connections.

• Toilets, storage, elevators, pantry and fire escapes inside the tubular construction.

• Horizontal stability can be achieved by connecting split-levels or making one floor that reaches three sides of the building

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Floor plan - level 8, 9, 10 & 11 (split levels)

Studio setup

20m2 (2) 30 m2 (6) 20m (2)

2

50 m2 (15) Fashion startup

15m2 (2)

IT startup 15 m2 (1) 26 m2 (5) 35m (6) 2

40 m2 (10)

50 m (12) 2

N

Open workspace

Toilets & Elevators and fire escapes, pantry

45 m2 (20)

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Section & Internal view

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Further development • • • • • • • • •

Adding complexity to the design script Integrated construction analysis Research reconfiguration technique - physical prototyping Facade design - Optimal daylight and visual connectivity Production techniques ЄЄ Construction and floorslabs optimize continuity ЄЄ Facade design

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Urban plan

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