A state-of-the-art 1.3 million sqft UK logistics campus and national supply chain hub at GLP’s Magna Park Corby. The scheme, Nike’s first of this type and scale in the UK, will be the principal heart of its UK supply operations.  

The facility is designed with wellness at its heart, underpinned within the architectural design, and by external features including multi-use game areas, and recreation spaces set within an extensive natural landscape.

The campus will target a BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ rating and achieve Net Zero Carbon in Construction.

The design responds to the characteristics of the site and its environs, with various design devices employed to mitigate the massing of the warehouse building.

Different horizontal layers - broken up with vertical joints and expressed mullions - represent functional zones within the building and reduce its perceived height. Façade treatments include glazed areas, subtly reflective silver-steel cladding components with different profiles, and a feature fin breaking the vertical plane, reflecting surrounding landscape and weather conditions to diffuse the building into its surroundings.  

An energy efficient envelope that exceeds standard air tightness and current Building Regulation requirements, and brise soleils on the office and warehouse to reduce solar gain, will contribute to outstanding environmental performance.

The offices will be constructed with a Glulam timber frame and timber (CLT) floors, with the flexible floorplates set around a central atrium to bring light deep into the interior, and create a source of visual connection and vertical circulation.

Extensive glazing connects interior spaces with the natural landscape scheme, and the external landscape creates a series of natural amenity spaces for staff recreation and wellbeing. The campus will include an exercise route of 5.76 km, a 2.0 km nature trail, and 3.7km of designated cycle and walking routes.

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