NOVARTIS Pharmaceuticals BUILDING
EAST HANOVER, NEW JERSEY
NOVARTIS Pharmaceuticals BUILDING
EAST HANOVER, NEW JERSEY
The Novartis Pharmaceuticals Building (Building 335)
ductless pressurized air distribution to enhance the
provides researchers flexible office environments
building’s energy efficiency and allow for flexibility in
and collaborative spaces which assist in the
workstation organization.
development of new cancer treatments. The Novartis
Pharmaceuticals Office Building, part of the Oncology
The custom-designed and technologically-advanced
Consolidation Project, reimagines the paradigm of the
aluminum curtain wall at the open office spaces adds
building as a box. Taking the master plan’s rectilinear
a level of domestication to the building through the
form set forth at 275 feet long, 100 feet wide and
use of soft, oscillating bands of acid-etched glazing.
75 feet high, the 140,000-square-foot building
The reflective nature of the façade produces a
translates the client’s initiative to create flexible and
chameleon-like effect, translating the chroma of the
collaborative work environments. Five floors of open
ever changing environment onto the massing of the
office work areas are connected by an ascending
building, creating a reading of solidity in contrast to
spiral of “living rooms” with continuous vistas to the
the void formed by the low-iron glass curtain wall
generous 230-acre campus. Marked by wood finishes,
along the ascending “living rooms.” The Novartis
column free spans, and low-iron glass, the “living
Pharmaceuticals Building facilitates connectivity
rooms” provide a clear and continuous common
to both the landscape and the neighboring office
ground for distinct research groups to interact with
buildings, allowing for occupants from multiple sectors
spaces that accommodate formal, informal, and
within the campus to gather and collaborate in a new
spontaneous activities, facilitating the exchange of
working environment.
ideas and encouraging connectivity.
In counterpart to the vertically ascending spiral are
the interconnected open floor plan workstations,
“enclaves,” and conference rooms arranged around
the central core spaces. All workstations are less than
30 feet from the exterior façade, providing natural
daylight and views for all occupants. Raised floor
systems within the open plan office space provide
FOURTH FLOOR TERRACE
N o r t h e n t r a n c e a n d P RO M E N ADE
OFFICES IN OPEN PLAN
COMMUNAL “LIVING ROOMS”
FLEXIBLE OFFICE ENVIRONMENT
OFFICES
IN OPEN
PLAN
Open offices
provide
a flexible,
easily reconfigured work
environment to maximize daylight
and enhance communication.
COMMUNAL
WORK
SPACES
Continuous
circulation
along
the building perimeter encourages
collaboration at every level.
HYBRID
OFFICE
ENVIRONMENT
Increased
visibility
between
floors,
office spaces, and gathering
areas creates unique settings for
meetings and collaborations.
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S I TE P L A N
NORTH ENTRANCE STAIR
TH I RD F LOOR L I V I N G ROO M
Open office workspaces surround the public living rooms.
Centralized building cores allow for all workstations to be located
within thirty feet (9 m) of the exterior facade to supply natural
daylight and views to all occupants.
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THIRD LEVEL
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SECOND LEVEL
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8BALCONY
SECOND FLOOR LIVING ROOM
To achieve the column-free expression of the double-height
living rooms, the upper floors are suspended over the
ascending public zone from one hundred-foot-long (30 m) plate
girders at the roof, which are cantilevered thirty feet (9 m)
from the two central building cores.
Within the larger volume of the living room, customdesigned high-back wingspan chairs create a spacewithin-a-space. The folding form of the chair adds an
organic, playful dimension to the clear and rational
space. Custom-designed carpets offer tactile warmth
to the open lofts.
The reflective nature of the facade
produces a chameleon-like effect,
translating the chroma of the surrounding
environments onto the building.
WEST ELEVATION
SOUTH ELEVATION AND THIRD FLOOR TERRACE