Roche Diagnostics North American HQ

Transforming campus culture with indelible design

Roche HQ

Client
Roche Diagnostics
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Status
Completed 2016

Roche Diagnostics partnered with our design team to create new buildings and spaces that have transformed its North American headquarters campus. We first collaborated with the client on a facility master plan and architectural guidelines to set forth a new vision for how the company will redefine the visual identity of its campus, while creating an innovative first-class workplace environment.

The masterplan and resulting buildings embody urban density, despite their location in a traditionally suburban context. With a focus on the human experience, Roche's newly transformed campus creates meaningful outdoor spaces and high-quality buildings deeply committed to space, efficiency and culture.

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The buildings are arranged in a strategic radial pattern to foster connections and pay homage to the company's architectural legacy rooted in the Bauhaus aesthetic. They intentionally bring people closer to the surrounding natural landscape.
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The buildings are arranged in a strategic radial pattern to foster connections and pay homage to the company's architectural legacy rooted in the Bauhaus aesthetic. They intentionally bring people closer to the surrounding natural landscape.
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The design team and Roche brought great focus to creating memorable interior and exterior experiences. This eye-catching, beautiful staircase is a stunning example.

Two buildings. Shared values.

Informed by the framework of the master plan and guidelines, three new buildings—a 200,000-square-foot office building, a 95,000-square-foot amenity building and a 1,500 car parking garage—now reflect the Roche brand through the built environment. Each building is designed to embody the company’s values of design and architectural legacy rooted in the Bauhaus aesthetic. 

The office building brings together more than 1,000 employees across numerous business units and implements an alternative workplace strategy with efficient, flexible and innovative spaces. Located at the heart of the campus is the amenities building, home to central conference, dining, fitness and wellness spaces. Designed as a compact, efficient and “pavilion-like” building in the landscape, the amenities building opens up to an exterior dining garden patio and an event lawn.

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Roche HQ
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Abundant daylight floods spaces throughout the Roche campus.
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The buildings bring together more than 1,000 Roche employees across numerous teams and implements a newly adopted workplace strategy with efficient, flexible and innovative spaces.
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The buildings bring together more than 1,000 Roche employees across numerous teams and implements a newly adopted workplace strategy with efficient, flexible and innovative spaces.
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The buildings bring together more than 1,000 Roche employees across numerous teams and implements a newly adopted workplace strategy with efficient, flexible and innovative spaces.

Testimonials

  • Roche has brought incredible passion and focus to creating spaces that enrich their employees experience and ultimately help them better deliver for their clients. This is a benchmark for corporate campuses that raises the bar for the integration of architectural design, sustainability and workplace innovation.

    Ken Crabiel St. Louis Commercial and Civic Leader, CannonDesign
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The highly mobile nature of the Roche workforce led to the creation of a dynamic, nimble workplace strategy that empowers teammates to work as needed throughout the day and the workspace.
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The highly mobile nature of the Roche workforce led to the creation of a dynamic, nimble workplace strategy that empowers teammates to work as needed throughout the day and the workspace.
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The highly mobile nature of the Roche workforce led to the creation of a dynamic, nimble workplace strategy that empowers teammates to work as needed throughout the day and the workspace.
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The design is a testament to detail. Every space, view and material developed to foster joyful experiences.

A Sustainable Workplace

Roche's campus features one of North America’s largest chilled beam installations, an alternative HVAC system that aims to save the company 55 cents per square foot in energy costs; a solar array system that serves as a major source of hot water to the building; and motorized exterior blinds that respond to sunlight. The building performs 60% better than the CBECS Average for Commercial Buildings at the time of design.

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Our team knew Roche believes architecture is an expression of who they are. We took that to heart and created a building that resoundingly represented Roche and its future.
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Our team knew Roche believes architecture is an expression of who they are. We took that to heart and created a building that resoundingly represented Roche and its future.