Jaguar Land Rover has unveiled new facilities at its Gaydon site in Warwickshire, creating one of the U.K.'s most sustainable non-residential buildings and the country's largest automotive creation and development centre.
Gaydon is now home to almost 13,000 highly-skilled engineers and designers who are developing the current and next generation Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles.
The industry-leading centre is also creating future autonomous, connected, electrified and shared mobility technologies that will enable Jaguar Land Rover's long-term and sustainable growth.
The new facility delivers more than 50,000m² of additional world-class innovative workspace which has been designed to encourage collaboration throughout the entire vehicle development process - from sketch to showroom. It includes the new Jaguar design studio, co-locating Jaguar and Land Rover design for the first time.
Gaydon's new offices are also rated in the top 10% of most sustainable non-residential buildings in the U.K.. Up to 20% of its energy will come from almost 3,000m² of photovoltaic solar panels on the roof, and the remainder from 100% renewable sources.
Bringing the outside in, the company has created a natural environment in the expanded facility to promote the personal health, wellbeing and productivity of its employees at Gaydon. A natural landscape is at the heart of the site, creating an ecologically diverse area reusing 80,000m³ of natural soil excavated during the construction process, the equivalent of 30 Olympic sized pools.
