Open Office Design at CBRE Headquarters in Amsterdam

Collaboration & Co-Creation

On Monday the 25th of February 2019, CBRE officially opened their innovative new office building in the Schinkel area in Amsterdam.

Housed in a fifty-year-old former Peugeot garage building, CBRE transformed their headquarters (THE CORE) into a sustainable, healthy office which will pioneer the latest trends and developments in the world of real estate.

Retaining the character of the building was a priority. The design is open, and the internal design of the new office promotes and facilitates collaboration and gives entrepreneurship ample space to flourish.

Employees (and visitors) are first welcomed in The Cafe, a hospitality space that doubles as an informal work and meeting area. FRONT Blackpepper WasteBasedBricks are used.

The café shifts into the Workshop, which the company describes as ‘a hotbed of teamwork’. The Client Lab beyond is an area for co-creation with clients, while the upstairs Library is the quiet zone.

Research, Development & Certification

CBRE has an in-house team of sustainability advisers, with expertise in BREEAM, LEED and WELL.

The research into the ‘Healthy Offices’ by the University of Twente and CBRE confirms the relationship between people’s working environment and their health, well-being and performance. Insights from this research have been applied at THE CORE.

CBRE aims to achieve the highest possible WELL certification: WELL Platinum. They focus on seven factors for a healthy and sustainable working environment: air, water, nourishment, light, fitness, comfort and the mind.

CBRE also partnered with Madaster to eliminate waste by giving materials an identity. The CORE has been issued a passport documenting all its construction materials. If they ever leave the building, these can be reused or recycled. In this way, CBRE is putting their circular ambition further into practice.

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