The Swiss company On opened its new campus and global headquarters named On Labs, located in Zurich and offering space for roughly 1,000 employees (to date filled with the On staff of 700). Also, part of the building with a total size of 15,000 sqm is Europe’s first On flagship store and a vegan restaurant called Roots. The heart of the building is the “Trail,” a walkway consisting of different staircases from the first floor all the way to the top that narrows down the higher the floor. Along the trail, functional and inspirational installations are situated, like a hanging tree or a miniature museum of On prototypes.
For the building and its 17 floors, the company has been working with architects Spillmann Echsle (Zurich) and Specific Generic (Stockholm) as well as Vitra for the interior design. Besides the headquarter, the building has 350 sqm of retail space dedicated to the On Labs flagship store in Zurich, filled with modular elements that are useable for a wide range of activities and events, besides their function as retail racks.
