MICROSOFT HEADQUARTERS IE Location Dublin, Ireland Architect RKD Kingspan Products RMG600 raised access flooring system RHG Simploc raised access flooring system Drawing inspiration from Dublin’s landscape and featuring an expansive central atrium that has a digital waterfall as a centrepiece, the open- plan spaces combine to create a truly unique, inspirational workplace. Set across a three hectare site that has become home to 2,000 employees from over 72 countries, this contemporary building, designed by RKD architects and delivered by BAM construction, exhibits the latest concepts in healthy building construction whilst embodying the Microsoft flexible workplace culture. This 35,000-square-metre office facility incorporates over 25,000 square metres of Kingspan access floor systems, including a range of medium and heavy grade solutions to meet the different loading requirements of the varied operational areas that include flexible office spaces, five restaurants, a wellness centre, Microsoft Technology Centre and DreamSpace. Access floors provide the perfect solution to meet the flexible demands of the open plan “neighbourhoods” that are at the heart of the concept. Bringing a new dimension to collaborative working, these neighbourhoods benefit from easy access to the under- floor void, where data and power supplies can be re-routed as required to ensure communal workspaces can be reconfigured efficiently. 202
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