About the Building

The design of the Clariant Innovation Center is based around the key terms innovation, movement, energy, emotion, élan and courage – and it puts these concepts into practice in both form and function. In line with Clariant’s corporate philosophy, the architecture is cubic, white, transparent and has clear contours. The basic structure revolves around three interlocking cubes. These provide a communicative meeting point for the company’s diverse units whose employees and hierarchical levels have been purposely mixed.

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Following a competition including eleven leading architects, Hentrich-Petschnigg & Partner was selected to design the Clariant Innovation Center. The complex at Frankfurt’s Höchst Industrial Park spanning 36,000 square meters offers space for 500 employees. At the heart of the building, expansive atria form a striking visual appeal, as the elliptical atria are arranged one above the other and different in all three building sections. Sunlight enters through the glazed roof and filters through all floors, right down to the spacious foyer, creating an inviting, light-flooded atmosphere in the interior.

Facts & Figures

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Main details shown:
- **100 Mio. Euro** invested
- **500** employees
- **1356** workers involved
- **2011** start of construction
- **Fall 2013** completion
- **ISH**: building and laboratory technology
- **HPP**: architects

Construction facts:
- **36,000 m²** gross floor area, equivalent to **200 family homes**
- **23,500 m³** concrete
- **3,740 t** steel
- **8,200 m²** glass façade
- **4** floors
- **20 m** ceiling height of the lobby
- **600 m²** lobby size
- **220 km** data cables
- **350 km** high voltage cables

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Contact

Clariant Innovation Center

Industriepark Höchst Gebäude G 860
August-Laubenheimer-Strasse
65926 Frankfurt am Main
Germany

Phone +49 69 305 38364
Fax +49 69 305 38460

Opening Hours:
Monday - Friday: 06.00 - 19.00 hours

GPS
50° 5‘ 31.2‘‘ N
8° 32‘ 56.6‘‘ E