Schiphol Catalyst Multi-Tenant Office
Multi-tenant office concept converting airport-adjacent space into innovation campus
The Schiphol Catalyst Office is a multi-tenant, fully integrated business precinct at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, developed with Schiphol Real Estate and over 70 stakeholders. At 20,000m2, it interconnects energy, water, and waste systems across a mixed-use structure to achieve resource efficiency unprecedented in Dutch office design. An elevated ecosystem at the top of the building functions as the metabolic core of the structure. Modeling showed a 10% boost in employee performance and a positive return on investment from health and productivity gains alone.
The Problem
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol's rapid development put pressure on its business precinct to become more sustainable, healthier, and more future-proof. Conventional office buildings at this scale treat energy, water, and waste as separate operational concerns rather than an integrated system. Schiphol Real Estate needed a concept that could serve multiple tenants, adapt over time, achieve world-class sustainability performance, and generate returns that justified the investment, while also preserving a rare piece of open green space in a dense business district.Process
SiD systems analysis with 70+ stakeholders
Using the Symbiosis in Development framework, Except co-developed measurable performance goals with Schiphol Real Estate and over 70 experts. These goals exceed existing benchmarks including BREEAM and WELL.Elevated ecosystem as metabolic core
The upper level of the building is a contained mini-biosphere: a lush landscape and ecosystem that processes resources for the entire structure. Below it, flexible, modular office building blocks sit on columns, keeping the ground-level park completely open and accessible.Adaptive office configuration
Specially designed building blocks allow tenants to configure and reconfigure their spaces independently. A glass canopy protects the flexible structures while enabling biodiversity in the park below.Outcomes
- Building footprint
- 20,000m2
- At Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Employee performance
- 10%+
- Modeled improvement from health and comfort measures
- Stakeholders engaged
- 70+
- In the co-design process
- Return on investment
- Positive
- From employee performance gains alone
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