Nosh.Bio
Nosh.Bio harnesses non-GMO fungi to develop sustainable, high-performance proteins through proprietary fermentation technology. To support their rapid expansion, we planned new lab and office spaces in 2023 — followed by a second, larger HQ after record growth.
Within just four months, the team was operating in their new, future-ready facility.
Area
300m² R&D Lab & Kitchen
300m² Office
Location
Berlin, DE
Status
Completed in 4 months
Project highlights
SLA provides an end-to-end service for projects, starting with understanding the workflow of our clients to handing over an operational facility.
Discover
We were approached by Nosh in late 2023 and we jumped right into supporting them in assessing candidate lab locations for their planned expansion.
Funnily, we went through the Discover phase twice in this project, as Nosh outgrew their initially selected space before they could even move in.
Being lucky that landlord WISTA could flexibly support Nosh and offer a much larger unit, we could pivot our plans and design an even more ambitious space.
In the end, Nosh ended up moving into this perfectly suited location with ample lab space, closely integrated offices and a beautiful open hall to grow into.
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DESIGN
In the short two months leading up to Nosh’s move-in, we designed and planned all construction works, including the removal of multiple walls to open up a big communal event & office space and providing all technical building infrastructure (electricity, sanitary, gases & IT).
Furthermore, we planned the room and furniture layout for efficient workflows. Here, we really enjoyed the challenge of accommodating two big batches of second hand furniture which we could secure for this project.
We’re really happy with how it all came together!
Contract
Throughout our projects, we refine cost estimates and align with budgets and priorities. Where possible and reasonable, we suggest opportunities for saving money – we’re working with startups, after all.
With our partner Evosciences Leasing, we coordinated the leasing of the complete second hand lab furniture and expensive office items like meeting pods.
Build
We coordinated the construction works that transformed a great location into a perfect one – from breaking down walls to combine four small rooms into one big open office space, through flooring works and painting, all the way to making sure all electricity, water, sewage and gases are available where they are needed.
Open office
We tore down some walls and opened up a large, bright open office for the Nosh team to come together.
In this room, we designed a flexible space separation concept and also built some custom furniture, so the team can enjoy a view outside and work in the afternoon sun.
Buy
We arranged the procurement of lab furniture with our partner labstuff.eu – bringing in a full lab and thus equipping Nosh’s space at a very affordable price, in almost no time – and sustainably, too!
Finally, we leveraged our extensive equipment databases to quickly identify and source any equipment still missing for Nosh’s operation readiness.
Move
With great cost efficiency comes great coordination effort: we had the challenge of integrating three separate inventories into the new lab. Two big shipments of used lab & office furniture and finally, everything coming in from Nosh’s existing premises.
Quite a few inbound items arrived as a surprise to everyone!
Good we had some attentive extra-staff on site to oversee the chaos… 🐶
Sprint
We’ve organized a two-week Sprint, during which we finalized all constructions and concluded our project, moving Nosh into their new HQ.
Together with the Nosh team and our outstanding partners, we set up the lab with all furniture, equipment and machinery.
At the end of this intensive work period, we could celebrate Nosh’s move into an operational, neatly organized lab & product development kitchen.
360° virtual tour
To streamline planning and improve coordination, we developed a 360° virtual tour of the space. Stakeholders and contractors can explore the site remotely, make informed decisions faster, and reduce the need for costly on-site visits.
Project transformation
Two-week speedrun
Join us for a glimpse into our intense two-week Sprint, the constructions, deliveries and final touches all happening in parallel to finally lead to an operationally furnished lab.
Testimonials
Tim Fronzek
Founder & CEO
The execution of such a big project with such a small team in such a short time, while we were preparing our commercial roll out while fundraising, would have never been possible without Smart Lab Architects.
Jérôme and his team are acting like a team extension and driving things forward with incredible energy and passion. It was a lot of fun working together so closely and we’d definitely love to work together with you again in the future!
