- Year
- 2014
- Type
- Commercial
- Status
- Built
- Location
- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Sheppard Robson's design for Siemens' headquarters at Masdar City has established a new model for sustainable office buildings in the Middle East and is one of the first buildings in the region to achieve LEED Platinum. The design began with a simple and over-arching ambition: to maximize efficiency and build more with less. An iterative process of traditional design and parametric analysis resulted in an efficient and compact plan form that has reduced material and embodied carbon. The building envelope was conceived as a box within a box: an inner highly-insulated, airtight facade designed to reduce thermal conductivity, and a lightweight aluminum external shading system which minimizes solar gain while maximizing daylighting and views from the building.