ADORE Research and Diagnostics Center, Amsterdam UMC
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ADORE Research and Diagnostics Center, Amsterdam UMC
ADORE Research and Diagnostics Center, Amsterdam UMC
Groundbreaking research in a sustainable building
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The world's largest onco-neuro campus
The building will be the workplace of researchers and scientists associated with the ADORE project; the underlying idea is to join the forces of the research disciplines of oncology and neuroscience in order to arrive at new insights into and treatments against cancer and brain diseases. Or, in the words of RDC ADORE:
“ADORE is a revolutionary initiative that brings two research fields together in a unique way. Here, we join the forces of more than 2000 researchers at Amsterdam UMC and beyond. Our researchers are joining forces across diseases. By collaborating on new, innovative research, traditional boundaries are being broken. They do this in an extraordinary, new building where there is room for meetings between top researchers from home and abroad and where the most advanced equipment is accessible to everyone. Nowhere else in the world exists such a large onco-neuro campus with associated equipment, laboratories and offices. '
A flexible and future-proof design
The building offers a mix of laboratories and offices on each floor; due to the flexible design, these can be arranged in various ways. In close consultation with the departments of Pathology, Clinical Genetics, Oncology and Neurology, we have made a layout with concentration workplaces, consultation workplaces, open workplaces and office spaces. The mix allows researchers to quickly switch from research in a laboratory to working at a desk.
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A spacious courtyard as the heart of the building
The heart of RDC ADORE is located on the second floor. There, a four-story patio with a glass roof, the so-called courtyard, serves as a central meeting place and at the same time provides light, air and space deep into the building. An eye-catching, characteristic spiral staircase connects the upper floors; the organic shape of this spiral staircase contrasts with the linear layout of the building. On the second floor, we also designed a flexible conference room, the size of which can be adapted to the size of the group.
Sustainable facades that fit the context
The building is connected by a large glass atrium - designed by Studio Hartzema - to the adjacent Amsterdam UMC Imaging Center, making it easy for people to meet each other and share knowledge. In the exterior, a distinction has therefore been made between the facades on the street and the side of the Botanical Garden, and the facades that cross them — including those on the atrium. The street and garden facades are designed as a framework of sand-coloured fibreglass reinforced concrete, giving them an open and robust appearance at the same time. The concrete returns in the transverse facades, but is alternated with pearl gray aluminum, which already creates the atmosphere of an “inner world” here. In the interior, we opted for subdued colors and materials; light tones, combined with wood, create a calm and warm atmosphere.
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The first Amsterdam UMC building with WKO
RDC ADORE is the first Amsterdam UMC building to have heat and cold storage (WKO), where energy is stored in the ground and used to heat and/or cool the building. A transport street has been built in the basement of the building and there are special areas for pathological research; this is also where we installed the WKO system. In addition, the roof is used for solar panels and as a water buffer for rainwater, while the façade is made of fiberglass reinforced concrete, a lightweight material that reduces the CO2 footprint.
Never before in the Netherlands: low carbon glass
What is also special is that we used low carbon glass for the first time in the Netherlands for the facade design; the production of this innovative glass focuses on the use of recycled glass fragments (in technical terms: cullet), which - together with the other energy-saving measures - reduces the building's CO2 emissions by 40 percent and makes the building 25 percent more sustainable than the current new construction requirements.
NWO and Vriendenloterij as financial donors
The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) recently made 9 million euros available for RDC ADORE, and the project is also financially supported by the Friends Lottery.
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