[Special Topic Series] The smartest square kilometer in Europe: Eindhoven High-tech Industrial Park

Photography: Li Zhong, Gong Huixian Written by: Li Haitao

Eindhoven is the heart of the Dutch high-tech manufacturing industry and one of the leading technology centers in Europe, as Forbes Magazine calls it As "the most innovative city in the world, it has become a world-class creative Silicon Valley." According to data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Eindhoven’s “patent strength” is as high as 22.6 patents per 10,000 inhabitants, surpassing Silicon Valley in the United States and ranking first in the world.

set the timeline back to the 1980s. Under the impact of the globalization of the manufacturing industry, Eindhoven, as the headquarters of Philips, became a "decline city". A large number of manufacturing companies closed down and the urban population appeared as long as 10 Year's negative growth. For the next 20 years, Eindhoven has adopted the "triple helix model" (multiple mutual assistance among governments, enterprises, and academia in the fields of resources, technology, and achievements to promote an innovative economy) to lead the city's transformation into a technology capital.

The triple-helix engine belongs to Philips. In the 1990s, it launched the "Centurion" program, based on its research center (Eindhoven High-tech Industrial Park), and attracted Scientific research institutions, incubating start-up technology companies, link research and applications.

Today’s Eindhoven High-Tech Industrial Park has gathered more than 12,000 R&D personnel from 85 countries, 187 technology companies, and an average of 4 patents are created every day. Therefore, it is called "Europe’s Smartest 1 Square kilometers".

△Eindhoven High-tech Industrial Park Floor Plan

Country: Netherlands

Location: Indhoven 5656 AE, High-tech Park 1E

Coordinates: 51°2436.47"N, 5°2727.19"W

Area: about 103 hectares

Number of technology companies: 187

1. The natural community

The industrial park is located in the north-south wedge-shaped green belt rebuilt in Eindhoven. The wedge-shaped green belt maintains the natural form and sustainability of ecology through design intervention development of. The park extends the natural landscape features, adding more walking space, and at the same time expanding the original central lake area to give a sense of nature.

The buildings in the park are based on the combination of the old and the new. The height of the new buildings is strictly controlled, and the building height is lower than the surrounding trees to ensure the continuity of the natural landscape.

Communication in nature

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The park gives full play to the attractiveness of nature, creating waterfronts, wooden planks, forest trails... The rich and diverse walking paths distributed in nature are 15 kilometers long, becoming a street for talent exchange and inspiring technology Human creativity.

Annex building is "hidden" in the city

In addition to supporting equipment buildings, the park will also build a large number of facilities. Parking buildings meet commuting needs, which will inevitably destroy the integrity of the natural environment. Before the construction of the park, these shortcomings were considered, and the greening of the facade effectively broke the abruptness of the building and integrated it with the environment.

2, innovative "convenience store"

In order to improve the efficiency of innovation, especially the efficiency of technological transformation of small and micro technology enterprises , The park provides 25,000 square meters of shared laboratories and test rooms, more than 10,000 square meters of electronic instrument production workshops, and 150 instructors on-site guidance.

As long as there is an idea, the park can realize the innovative conversion from prototype production to product testing in a short time.

Not only informal communication spaces can be seen everywhere, but the park also emphasizes formal and professional exchanges. The importance of. There are more than a dozen formal communication spaces ranging from 20 square meters to 6000 square meters, and more than 500 technical exchange activities are held every year.

3, life "United Nations"

"Las Vegas Boulevard"

"Exchange Street" is the most popular area in the park. 8 restaurants with different concepts, an international conference center, various shops, a health center, and a concert hall. This is the center of international life, the center of inspiration and creativity, so it is nicknamed Eindhoven's "Las Vegas Strip" by employees.

farm bar

There used to be a large number of farm houses in the park, which were later demolished, and Philips restored one of them as retired employees and serving employees drinking The place to chat, now it also has the functions of small seminars and training.

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