Office – 2.200m²
Warehouse – 11.000m²
Site – 20.000m²
Schoeller Allibert is a
manufacturer of reusable plastic pallets and crates, an innovative product line
which aids in improving the sustainability of global logistics. The state of
the art production plant in Beringen (BE), was the brainchild of Blue Oceans
XL, an investor in innovative industry. The campus incorporates the dual
offices of Schoeller Allibert and BOXL with a production warehouse and exterior
storage lot.
The design seeks to create
a uniform factory aesthetic throughout, while also reflecting the duality of
the two respective businesses. The façade of the Schoeller Allibert office is
glazed and transparent. Above the glazing, a monolithic concrete mass hovers
overhead. The concrete is black, accentuating the plastic dynamic of the form.
Behind the closed concrete façade on the second floor, the offices of BOXL open
up to an interior courtyard carved out between the office volume and the
warehouse volume, and made strikingly visible through a completely glazed rear
façade. The result is a unique building that unites art and functionality, inspired
by the liquid plasticity of polyethylene during the production process and
expressed through the curvilinear architecture.
