The administrative building of Sparkasse Hannover, dating back to the early 70s, is centrally located directly at the main train station and is a landmark of the city known as the „Sparkassen Haus“. A comprehensive refurbishment is intended to ensure the preservation of this landmark in the future and to technically and energetically modernize the building.

The building consists of 6 individual towers of varying heights, which merge into a total area only on the lower floors. The fundamental decision was made to implement an open-space concept with supporting functions in marketplace areas directly adjacent to the office spaces. In addition to around 800 workstations, the building will in the future offer project areas, parent-child workstations, numerous consulting and meeting rooms, a multifunctional event and conference area, a kitchen with an adjacent restaurant and barista bar, as well as a spacious recreation area.

We have dealt very intensively with the special requirements for sit-stand workstations in open space offices. Together with the companies involved, we developed a special workstation luminaire that provides individual and very uniform light in every desk position. In addition, we have designed an acoustic solution that works even when making phone calls while standing without interrupting visual connections.