BSH Home Appliances Corporation, owned by Bosch Group, is the second-largest home appliance manufacturer in the world.

When the company’s Knoxville, Tennessee, office relocated to Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Johnson Architecture worked with BSH to convert a 45,000-square-foot former government building into a state-of-the-art testing facility and innovation center.

The 13,000-square-foot office incorporates an open, spacious atmosphere with exposed ceilings with casual meeting spaces and task-focused collaboration spaces where teams work together to create innovative advancements in appliance technology. A large conference room in the front of the open office space doubles as a training and teleconferencing center where all employees can gather at once.

Two breakrooms provide a working display area for many BSH appliances. In the 32,000-square-foot warehouse space, JAI developed specific lab spaces, each functioning to advance technologies in the field of home appliances. A large test kitchen displays working appliances while also allowing observation of proper installation methods. The quality control lab tests repetitive motions to ensure Bosch durability standards are met.