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46,000 sq.m., gyms and dog park: Microsoft's new campus

The campus, which will be staffed in the coming weeks, will serve thousands of Microsoft employees and is estimated at hundreds of millions of shekels.

The complex covers 46,000 square meters and includes an innovation center, gyms and music, a community garden connected to the cloud and a dog garden

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The new Microsoft campus (Photo: Amit Garon)

Thousands of Microsoft employees will move in the coming weeks to a new campus in Herzliya that will unite Microsoft Israel, which has so far been based in Raanana, and the research and development center in Herzliya.

This is a strategic investment by Microsoft Global in the local market and an expression of the company's confidence in the local economy and the Israeli talent.

The scope of the project is estimated at hundreds of millions of shekels.

This announcement comes after Microsoft announced the establishment of a new data center in Israel earlier this year.

The new campus includes an innovation center to demonstrate the company's technologies to customers and partners, a center for customer meetings and advanced laboratories for development people.

The new building is the first office building in Israel to receive the LEED V4 GOLD indoor and outdoor standard - an international rating for the certification of sustainable and environmental buildings.

The building covers an area of ​​about 46,000 square meters, which includes three and a half dunams of garden and eight dunams of open space. The building's design is designed to promote innovation, sustainability, accessibility, diversity and inclusion and wellbeing of employees. According to the annual Dun & Bradstreet ranking published Last month, Microsoft was the best high-tech company to work for in Israel,

with Microsoft employees and the Herzliya municipality deciding to honor two great scientists and named the streets where the campus is named: Ada Lovelace Street, named after the first programmer in history, and Alan Turing Street, the renowned scientist The basics of the modern computer.

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This is what it looks like from the outside (Photo: Amit Garon)

The new campus will have the garage - an innovation lab that encourages creativity in the areas of information security, augmented reality and artificial intelligence.

The laboratory includes a complex open to all company employees with advanced technological equipment, which allows employees to create prototypes for new ventures and technological creation.

In addition, the building will contain a Microsoft demo center, which allows customers and partners to experience and be impressed by the most innovative technologies.

Microsoft's international investment fund, M12, will also be located on campus.

The complex incorporates Israeli ecological technologies such as WaterGen for the production of water from the humidity in the air, Wint with 32 test and control points for detecting water leaks, Green-Wall which is a vegetation growing platform and enVerid patent for building energy-saving building air.

About 800 square meters of photovoltaic cells will be installed on campus that will provide electricity to the building.

Photo: Amit Garon

The idea of ​​accessibility and inclusion is reflected in every dimension on campus: accessible parking, automatic doors in the main lobby, accessible "Sit-Stand" reception suitable for populations of various heights and wheelchairs, integration of visually impaired markers and audio amplifiers in service stations.

The kitchens have lowered counters and sinks and accessible seating areas.

For the benefit of the visually impaired, the signage includes clear contrast and a combination of Braille.

In the training rooms and events, audio amplification devices for the hearing impaired have been integrated, and prayer rooms for different religions will be available for the benefit of the employees.

The employees of the units that support the campus are from a diverse population, who integrate into the work according to their physical and cognitive abilities.

The campus has gender-neutral toilets alongside men and women's toilets.

The work stations in the building are divided into "neighborhoods", in order to strengthen teamwork and create meetings for employees with people from different teams.

Natural light, vegetation and ergonomic furniture are integrated in the interior spaces of the building.

Photo: Amit Garon

The building has playrooms, nursing rooms, various balconies that can be worked on, a basketball and volleyball court, a yoga room, a gym with an area of ​​1,000 square meters, music rooms and a dog park. Employees have postal services, laundry, convenience stores and more. Feed Your Mind Group "(Haim Cohen and" Taste and Color ") is responsible for catering in the six dining complexes and the two cafes, which provide a solution for healthy culinary diversity.

Employees have regular or folding bicycles for commuting home and work. Special bicycle parking includes electric charging, and campus parking is preferred. Cooperative and electric vehicles.

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Michal Braverman-Blumenstein, CEO of Microsoft Israel Research and Development: "The establishment of the innovative campus in Herzliya constitutes the company's long-term investment in the Israeli market.

We have expressed on campus Microsoft's sustainability agenda in every planning and design aspect.

We built the place with a holistic thinking about the employees experience, and it is designed to meet their every need during the work day.

From convenient transportation, through accessibility and integration of diverse populations, to wellbeing in the field of food, health and leisure.

Alongside the campus, our development centers in Haifa, Nazareth and Tel Aviv will continue to operate and expand in order to strengthen accessibility for all employees throughout Israel. "

Ronit Etad, CEO of Microsoft Israel:" Moving to the campus brings a new experience to all Microsoft employees in Israel Personal and professional, has improved us and maximized the service we provide to our customers and partners.The campus is an innovative technology center that will allow us to offer our customers and partners the best and most advanced solutions that will lead them to digital success and independence. "We are preparing for the launch of the Cloud Datacenter Region in Israel, which is planned for 2021, which will support our work with organizations interested in accelerating innovation and digital transformation processes while leveraging their data."

The campus was designed by Yashar Architects and built by Tidhar, and the interior of the building was designed by Vered Gindi Architects and Ami Schmelzman.

The artwork in the complex was purchased by Israeli artists by the Gordon Gallery, which managed the treasures, and a unique exhibition by designer Ron Arad was placed on the site.

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