Vodafone Campus

The Vodafone Campus was designed in order to bring all of the scattered Vodafone locations in Germany together in a central location. The former Gatzweiler premises in Düsseldorf was chosen as the new location. The building consists of three blocks, a parking garage with 2,500 parking spaces and the 19-storey office tower.

In the planning stages, it was already clear that only an intelligent, sustainable construction would meet Vodafone’s high demands: A contemporary environment needed to be created for the employees. The campus houses a company nursery school, a medical centre, a gym and a restaurant that seats 1,200 people.

The oval tower is 75 m high, and it has a gross surface area of more than 85,809 m², above the ground, which corresponds to about 12 football fields. 4,500 m² of glass windows ensure that the building is flooded with light, and 14,815 m² of grounds surrounding the buildings, and 12 roof terraces, enable the employees to spend their breaks outdoors.

The Vodafone Campus is a veritable wellness oasis.

The results of the weight optimization with Cobiax technologies are impressive: a saving of 16,250 kN was achieved for the slabs. This reduction enabled the generous maximum span of around 9 meters, with slab thicknesses of just 28 cm each. Without voided slab technology, more columns would have been required, or alternatively, a solid slab, which would have been very much thicker.

Thanks to the weight reduction, the weight-bearing components, such as the columns and the foundations of the building, could be made lighter; the lighter design leads to cost reductions and optimized aesthetics of the building.

The Vodafone Campus fully meets the planners’ sustainability requirements – it was awarded Gold in the LEED Certifications.