Deutsche Telekom Laboratories
Client
Deutsche Telekom Laboratories are the R&D institute of Deutsche Telekom Group, Europe’s largest telecommunications provider. The institute is located in Germany’s capital, Berlin, on the TU Berlin (Berlin University of Technology) campus to ensure close collaboration among industry and academia. A laboratory of Deutsche Telekom and an institute of TU Berlin at the same time, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories are bridging the gap between science and industry, in order to transform ideas into marketable innovations as fast as possible.
At the institute, experienced project managers of Deutsche Telekom, post docs, and top scientists from all over the world work hand in hand to initiate and carry out innovative technological projects, scan and evaluate emerging technologies, establish a worldwide partner network, and represent Deutsche Telekom’s interests in various standardization bodies. Deutsche Telekom benefits from the knowledge and ideas, while the scientific staff can continue to pursue their university careers and at the same time get to know the internal workings of a big international company.
Challenge
The new and future oriented environment needed to support an open and creative work atmosphere, encourage communications, motivate people and offer areas for concentrated work. Haworth provided furnishings for shared desks, open spaces for flexible usage, individual cellular offices and a library area for reading and collaboration. 100 Telekom employees and international scientists will share 75 workstations through hot desking in this forward looking environment.
Partners
Architect/design:
Rothmann und Partner, Hamburg
Organisation consulting:
Fraunhofer IAO, Stuttgart; Quickborner Team, Hamburg
Light planning:
Marc Nelson
Reference - Deutsche Telekom Labs - Berlin, Germany
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