Butterfield Park Innovation Centre

Butterfield Park Innovation Centre

Luton, UK 2007 Communal circulation and informal meeting spaces encourage contact between the different occupants of the building, cultivating the feeling of a business community.

The Innovation Centre and Business Base is located at Butterfield Park, on the North East edge of Luton. Designed to provide flexible space in order to accommodate future changes in occupier demand, the building provides 7,000m2 of space for new companies engaged in innovation and high technology activities. The building is naturally ventilated and contains automatic opening vents to provide night time cooling. Exposed concrete soffits provide thermal mass to help moderate temperature fluctuations.

A large lake in the centre of the development provides support for a wide range of wildlife as well as helping to deal with the rainwater run-off from the roof.

The centre has acheived a BREEAM rating of 'Excellent'.