Article source: Schweitzer & Associés Architectes 

The Carlsberg Research and Development Center was built on the site of its subsidiary company Kronenbourg. The articulations of the building are defined by the program: offices, laboratories and process area. Vertical timber slats are built in front of the facades to create a visual and solar filter for inner spaces. The upper parts of the slats are waving to remind the Carlsberg logo. The main ingredients used for beer processing are surrounding the building. A pond filled with water creates mirroring effects and animates the pedestrian way towards the entrance. Patches of hop cover the north facades creating a visual filter. Finally, a monumental barley field is printed on the facade facing the road.

Image Courtesy © Pierre Pommereau

• Architects: Schweitzer & Associés Architectes
• Project: Carlsberg Innovation, Research and Development Center
• Location: Obernai (67), France
• Photography: Pierre Pommereau
  
• Software used: Archicad 17
• Client: Carlsberg Group
  
• Area: 9400 sqm / 101 118 sqft
  
• Year: 2014

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