Matrix VI Amsterdam Science Park

On the Science Park Amsterdam, Matrix VI is being built: a flexible building that provides a combination of laboratory and office space. The Matrix Innovation Center (n.v.) operates multi-user buildings here for existing or start-up businesses in ICT, Life Sciences and new media. At just a stone’s throw from the University of Amsterdam’s new Faculty of Science, Matrix VI not only offers the most advanced facilities for start-up chemical and biotechnology companies, but also facilities for the whole Matrix community, including refreshment areas and conference rooms on the ground floor. Matrix VI will be a flexible building: a floor can be subdivided into small units, but businesses can also rent a half or whole floor. On the top floor, it is even possible to set up cleanrooms or heavy chemical labs.

Sustainability is a key theme in the design. The design of the facade combines the desire to maximise daylight entry and the view and, at the same time, to prevent warming from the sun as much as possible. The parapets will protrude further, depending on the orientation of the facade, and serve as an awning in this way. Vertical glass blinds with screen printing on the east and west facade will also deflect the low morning and evening sun. In this way, sun screening is not at the expense of the view and diffuse daylight entry. Sustainability was also a decisive factor in the choice of materials. The closed facades will be cladded with, for example, thermically modified timber that is unsusceptible to rot. The extensive technical installations will be kept out of sight under a partially sloping moss sedum roof, which acts as a buffer against rainwater and also filters fine particles from the air.