IdeenReich at the feco-forum

Agile working improves communication across departments.

The employees of the System Partition Walls division, previously spread across three buildings, have been brought together in the feco forum. On the second floor, an open communicative office landscape with 38 workplaces has been created on 700 square metres. The working environment has been planned on the basis of the “Office of the Future” concept developed by feco-feederle, which envisages five areas for teamwork, concentration, communication, meeting and inspiration. The team areas enable colleagues to interact with each other. Four think tanks arranged around the inner courtyard can be used for concentrated work. Communication takes place in the standing meeting zones, while meeting rooms are available for scheduled meetings. Inspiration zones round off the concept.

Builder: feco
Occupant: feco
Planning: feco
Completion: 2016
City: Karlsruhe
Sector: Economy
Partition walls: fecophon wood, fecophon fabric, fecoplan, fecophon metal, fecostruct, fecodoor glass, fecoorga
Office furniture: Cafeteria, Lighting, Storage elements
Photos: Nikolay Kazakov
Brands: feco, Vitra, Waldmann, Steelcase, , COR

IdeenReich at feco-forum Karlsruhe │ fecowand wall panels and glass │ agile work

The open communicative room structure largely dispenses with revolving doors. Sound propagation is limited by fecowand wall panels and glass, room-high fecoplan sound screens. The acoustically-effective surfaces of the solid walls, sliding-door cabinets and sideboards as well as the fecophon Stoff, fecophon Metall and fecophon Holz sound absorbers mounted in front of the glass elements reduce reverberation times. The corridor glass walls of the two meeting rooms are designed with fecostruct frameless, flush structural double glazing with high sound insulation. The design themes forest, air, water and city with matching wall motifs, colours, floor coverings and objects are assigned to the various departments.

All the communication zones are accentuated and highlighted with atmospheric luminaires. Lavigo luminaires from Waldmann provide biodynamic lighting at the standing/sitting desks. To create space for plotted plans, feco-feederle has together with vitra developed a special Tyde desk system solution with a table length of 2.80 metres. Agile working in the IdeenReich has improved communication across departments and strengthened team spirit.