Modern Scandinavian Labs and Offices
Novo Nordisk
Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk hired SABA to design their 32,000 SF Seattle Inflammation Research Center. In the design process, SABA balanced corporate Novo Nordisk’s Scandinavian design values of clean, open, light-filled spaces with the local staff’s desire for more privacy, storage and individuality. The result is a facility that one immediately recognizes as being Novo Nordisk, but which also expresses the unique nature of its American and Pacific Northwest setting. Since completion of the initial project Novo Nordisk has retained SABA to design three laboratory expansions covering more than 35,000 additional SF.
- Sector
- Science + Technology
- Size
- 39,000 SF
- Awards
- 2009 IIDA Regional Design Award Corporate Interiors
- Program
- Laboratory
- Project Lead
The Best of Both Walls
SABA was immediately challenged with reconciling the opposing visions for their building between the model out of Denmark and the preferences of the newly-hired, local American scientific leadership. The most contested feature were the walls themselves, so SABA developed a design solution that utilized demountable glass walls, and overlaid the glass with semi-translucent graphics that incorporated Novo Nordisk’s corporate branding to create private offices.
Awards
The project received a 2009 IIDA regional design award for corporate interiors.
