Actelion Research and Laboratory Building
Through its rapid expansion, Actelion is playing a pivotal role in the development and transformation of the old industrial area in Allschwil, on the western fringes of Basel, into an innovative life science park – the “I-Parc”. The new laboratory and office facility complements the two existing Actelion buildings, the Business Center by Herzog & de Meuron (2005-10) and the large Allschwil Innovation Center. With its simple, forthright outward expression of function, the new Actelion Research and Laboratory building clearly takes its cue from modernist industrial architecture. The restrained use of architectural detail also generates a counterpoint to the Business Center, whose exuberant, idiosyncratic geometry symbolizes and promotes the diverse interactions between Actelion’s employees and visitors. While the Business Center is a one-off project, the Actelion Research and Laboratory was developed as a prototype for a possible Actelion standard.
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