Training center

Located in the Robotics Row area of Pittsburgh’s lively Strip District, Smith & Nephews R&D and Medical Education Training Center supports groundbreaking pioneering work and development of robotic surgical systems, and training of healthcare professionals. Our design for the new headquarters converted three floors of a previous cardboard box warehouse. Now called The Stacks, the warehouse building is part of Three Crossings 2.0, a development that was previously master planned by Perkins Eastman. Initial steel roof trusses and rough-hewn wood ceiling planks provided the original inspiration for the design, which incorporates Smith + Nephew’s workplace branding guidelines and speaks to Pittsburgh’s maker culture wit... More

BMW's 67,000-square-foot training center in Spartanburg, South Carolina, serves as a dynamic hub for performance automotive excellence, workforce development, and technological innovation. To sustain the largest global manufacturing facility, BMW recognized the need to recruit and retain highly skilled employees, leading to the creation of a cutting-edge training center designed to power its workforce pipeline. Sterling E. Stevens Design Photo This state-of-the-art facility serves both as a training destination for current BMW employees and as a hub for outreach programs targeting high school, trade school, and college students. By equipping participants with the necessary skills to excel in advanced manufacturing, BMW is fostering a... More

Designed by IPA - Architecture and more, the Silver Star Mercedes-Benz Complex in Sofia brings showroom, service, logistics, training, and workplace functions together within a unified architectural environment. Conceived as a contemporary automotive campus, the project translates the Mercedes-Benz identity into a highly functional complex defined by clarity, transparency, and precise organization of movement. Dian Stanchev Dian Stanchev The development consists of four buildings accommodating a diverse program of customer-facing, technical, administrative, and support functions. Rather than treating these elements as separate facilities, the architectural concept organizes them as parts of a coherent operational system, carefull... More

The newest sports and fitness complex for FC Krasnodar is located in Adygea, on the territory of the main training base, near the village of Chetuk, on the picturesque bank of a reservoir, surrounded by forest. Dmitriy Chebanenko, aerial images – Evgeniy Taranzhin Dmitriy Chebanenko, aerial images – Evgeniy Taranzhin Dmitriy Chebanenko, aerial images – Evgeniy Taranzhin Dmitriy Chebanenko, aerial images – Evgeniy Taranzhin The main functional purpose of the building is to prepare the main team players for matches and their rehabilitation. Architecture provides spacious hotel rooms, a big canteen with a panoramic view of the reservoir, various recreational and play areas. Dmitriy Chebanenko, ae... More

Near the end of 2023 this project in Bekkestua, close to Oslo, was finished. This gym had lots of trouble with sound & impact noise, so the duraSOUND 70MM floor was used. This solved all the problems and the floor also has superb aesthetics! sofSURFACES sofSURFACES sofSURFACES sofSURFACES SofSURFACES sofSURFACES More

Located on the ground floor of a multi-family building  on a busy road in Roquetas de Mar, We find an elongated premises with a single façade. Etérea Espacio Creativo Our proposal is conceived as a continuous, functional space that allows multiple training activities to be carried out simultaneously. Etérea Espacio Creativo In order to prioritize the space for training as much as possible, all the “server” spaces are aligned on the northeast party wall where the access, administration, reception and changing rooms are located. In this way we free the rest of the premises for its main activity, achieving the best orientation, ventilation and isolation. Etérea Espacio Creativo Lig... More

Contemporary and respectful of its environment, the campus was designed in direct contact with the ground and vegetation, so that it lives to the rhythm of the seasons. The veins of the facades and the variability of its colors accentuate this perception of buildings that evolve in resonance with the site, which has a strong landscape identity. Camille Gharbi The tertiary and training building, a true showcase for the campus, is widely open and accessible via its public square, marking the entrance to the site. The technical hall takes place directly opposite. Between the two buildings, a street is created, treated as an urban promenade. Camille Gharbi Calm and serene, planted on both sides, it provides shade... More

Project Berufsbildungszentrum, published by Mosa. Location: Sursee,  Switzerland Category: Auditoriums Connect with Mosa for more information More

Project Hanwha General Insurance Training Centre, published by Mosa. Location: Suanbo, South Korea Category: Offices & Education  Connect with Mosa for more information More

Lavazza opened its first business centre in Italy, in the science and technology park Tecnopolo, in west Rome. This building combines administrative offices and the Training Center, which focuses on representing the brand as well as personnel training. The large open-plan space has no internal subdivisions and is split into two macro-areas, subsequently joined to a central axis, which houses a meeting room and storage, shared by the two areas respectively. Thanks to a careful selection of colours, furniture as well as the brand’s graphic communication, the offices are pleasant and friendly, the perfect space in which to conduct business. The layout in this project was informed by several principles of “workplace 3.0”, s... More

In 2015, Lavazza acquired the Danish group Merrild, a leading coffee manufacturer in the retail industry in both Denmark and the Baltic region. With the take-over came a desire to reorganise the company’s structure and image and to undertake the much-needed refurbishment of the Danish offices. So, the main intent was to draw attention to the fusion of the two conglomerates, although still granting visibility to Merrild and its respective culture. The refurbished building has typical Northern-European features, with 1800 sqms set in extremely pleasant and quiet surroundings. The client’s main requirement was to integrate, from the standpoint of style and image, the distinctive brand identities of Lavazza and Merrild, by combin... More

Drawing on the company’s previous experience in the Baltic region, Lavazza was keen to increase its commercial presence in Lithuania, a country in rapid economic expansion. Young, unconventional and economically vibrant, Vilnius was therefore the ideal city. The proposed location was unfortunately too small for the typical floorplan of a Lavazza Training Center. So, Lavazza and studio Isidoro Mastronardi Architetto faced this challenge head on by deconstructing the standard layout into smaller sections, trying to accommodate all necessary facilities: reception, training areas, skill-development with equipment and behind the bar counter, tasting area and showroom. This project relies heavily on tailor-made furniture: all bar counters... More

Tradition is preserved in the homeland of coffeemaking. The Torre del Greco offices, on the outskirts of Naples, abides by the rules of traditional coffee-making and the ways in which this product was consumed over the centuries. The Historical building is the life and soul of the office but at the same time, it has symbolic value because of its special position within the city. According to principles of spatial planning, different activities happen on the two floors: reception and the Training Center are on one floor and the commercial and representative areas are on the other. As the building is listed, the main intent of the project was to both preserve and show appreciation for the architecture, paying the same degree of attention yo... More

In 2019, Lavazza opened their Training Center in Warsaw in a converted historic army barracks, which was once part of the city’s fortified wall. The space is located on the ground floor and can be directly accessed from the street, underneath a walkway. The Training Center consists of two adjoining rooms with barrel-vaulted ceilings. From the street you enter the main room of the Training Center. Here, on a large central island there are several workstations, joined to form a long bar counter facing the visitors and complemented by a series of coffee makers as well as ancillary workstations placed along one of the walls. The ambience is warm, the gleaming high-tech equipment is in sharp contrast with the clay brickwork of walls and... More