For the Innovation Park Zürich competition (IPZ), TEN was invited to propose an adaptable typology for a variety of commercial use. FLEX is designed, built, and maintained to accommodate future alterations, new usage patterns, or provide latent potential for reuse by acting as a live building repository. The use of dry joinery speeds up the construction process by eliminating curing or drying times and requiring less labor due to their simplicity. Dry assembly enables the reduction of wet trades and waste, resulting in a cleaner work site and lower environmental impact.
HALL was developed simultaneously on an adjacent site to serve as an "assembly space" for the entire IPZ development. The typology is based on adaptable construction systems that provide versatile spatial organization. The building components are designed for these short-term modifications. By facilitating other building typologies of the IPZ site, future operations can continue without interruption, expediting construction and eliminating the need for excessive transport.