ALVOGEN
Projects
Alvogen - pharmaceutical company offices and production plant Project: 2012-2016 |
Location: Reykjavík, Iceland
Photographs: Åke E:son Lindman
Completion Year: 2016
Floor Area: 11150 m²
Typology: Pharmaceutical centre
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Pálmar Kristmundsson, Fernando de Mendonça, Andrew Burgess, Bjarni Kristinsson, Gunnar Logi Gunnarsson, Hildur Steinþórsdóttir, Karitas Möller, Lára Lárusdóttir, María Björk Stefánsdóttir, Nicholas Crowley, Sigríður Maack, Soffía Tinna Hjörvarsdóttir and Zoltán Vilmos Horváth |
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EFLA Engineers, Lagnatækni |
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Alvogen - pharmaceutical company offices and production plantProject: 2012-2016
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Pálmar Kristmundsson, Fernando de Mendonça, Andrew Burgess, Bjarni Kristinsson, Gunnar Logi Gunnarsson, Hildur Steinþórsdóttir, Karitas Möller, Lára Lárusdóttir, María Björk Stefánsdóttir, Nicholas Crowley, Sigríður Maack, Soffía Tinna Hjörvarsdóttir and Zoltán Vilmos Horváth |
EFLA Engineers, Lagnatækni |
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Location: Reykjavík, Iceland
Photographs: Åke E:son Lindman
Completion Year: 2016
Floor Area: 11150 m²
Typology: Pharmaceutical centre
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The PK team was determined to push the boundaries of design on Alvogen’s Iceland headquarters. The aim of the design was to strike the right balance between a creative and unconventional environment, on one hand, and the aseptic requirements of the pharmaceutical industry, on the other. No mere conventional office or lab facility, then, the building reflects the dynamic and diverse groups of professionals interacting daily within its walls. The predominant color used is white, highlighting the pharmaceutical qualities of cleanliness and purity in overlapping layers throughout the building. Giving the scheme an overall coherence, the skin of the building was limited to three main materials: concrete, aluminium and glass. The sleek glazing on the northern-facing exterior is confronted with raw concrete inserts, which gradually become the main material of the outer walls. Directly to the north of the building is the area “Vatnsmýri”—Icelandic for “swamp,” and the light, reflective surface giving way to greater solidity mirrors the emergence of the city outwards from the immediate environment.
Photography by Åke E:son Lindman