Project Description
The Genzyme Center, in Cambridge, MA was the first LEED platinum office building of its size in the United States. Designed by Behnisch Architekten, it can accommodate nearly 1,000 employees over 12 floors.
Its interior is flooded with daylight and all workstations take advantage of natural light.
Organised as ‘a vertical city’ with individual ‘dwellings‘, public areas and gardens extend up to the full height of the central atrium. The open staircase forms part of a ‘vertical boulevard’, starting at the ground floor lobby before proceeding upwards through various neighbourhoods with open workstations and separate offices.