FM newsroom – sustainable construction, office. Budex, a technology business incubator and investment group, has opened its new building to house the headquarters of its companies. The building’s massing combines a hybrid construction with a reinforced concrete core and CLT wooden elements.
The building, with a floor plan of 22.8 × 28.8 m, offers more than 2,300 sqm of usable space. At 17.2 meters, the Budex Hub is the tallest wooden office building in the Czech Republic.
The off-grid office of the future
The Hub has been designed in the A category passive standard and uses solar energy all year round, stored in battery storage, ensuring high energy self-sufficiency. The house uses energy from the sun and deep underground wells. Solar panels on the roof of the parking lot are used to power chargers for electric cars and trucks.
The main material used for the building’s construction is massive spruce wood. Initially, the investors intended to build the company’s headquarters out of concrete. Architects from Studio Perspektiv made them change the concept. They also based the interior design on the visual elements of Novatop panels to ensure a uniform and harmonious appearance of all wooden surfaces with fine details.
The intersection of cutting-edge construction and self-sufficiency
The facility also includes outdoor growing areas, a greenhouse, where fresh vegetables are grown for the kitchen and fresh bars with a capacity for up to 200 people. Thanks to autonomous agricultural robots, food production is carried out without chemical inputs and independent from the global market.
The construction with 900 cubic metres of wood took 2 years to complete.
“At the intersection of cutting-edge construction, self-sufficiency, and autonomous farming, X hub is a living testament to our commitment to a greener, more connected future. We’ve decided to build a wooden structure as a guiding light for future generations. Our choice of materials and technologies forges a sustainable harmony between our headquarters and the natural world, peacefully nestled along the tranquil banks of the Vltava River. – Budex writes.
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