Analog Devices - World Headquarters - Building 7

Wilmington, Massachusetts, USA

LEED v4 Gold

Building 7 is a new 175,000 sq ft building supporting office working and meeting environments, as well as research laboratories. This building is the first new building in 20 years on the manufacturing campus. The goal for the site was to transform a low-profile manufacturing site into a campus worthy of becoming their world headquarters. The campus and buildings needed to be designed to reflect the company’s brand, technology industry leadership, and commitment to sustainability.

The BDG Team began by examining the existing buildings on the campus to determine how they could be renovated to an elevated standard of design which informed the approach for the design and engineering of Building 7. Our goal was to unite the new and existing buildings on the campus with shared design approaches and eliminate less desirable areas. This design approach created a combined total of 485,000 sq ft of engaging and collaborative office, meeting, and research lab spaces.

The design of the building exterior was in response to solar and glare engineering studies, and a search for durable materials that would be timeless in design. The louvered fins of the building provide shade during the day and illuminated during the evening. The south facing giant louvers provide shade and are composed of expanded sheet metal, with internal illumination for elegant and dynamic colored illumination effects.

Each floor of the building is divided into three communities, and within these communities are smaller neighborhoods. There are large atriums with skylights, connecting stairways, coffee bars, and informal meeting/work areas between each community. The large landings of the atrium stairs are furnished and can host informal meetings suspended within the open atrium. The Executive Offices and Boardrooms are located on the 3rd Floor at the top of the major entry staircase for easy connection to the office communities, research labs, and the 2nd floor pedestrian bridge connection.

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