The Merck Innovation Center is the new focus of the One Global Headquarters on the Technology Campus in Darmstadt. The building is set back facing the street, thus generating the space for a public square. The orthogonal shape of the architectural volume is derived from the context, simultaneously acting as a contrast to the animation of the building’s inner workings and its continuously flowing spatial structure. Bridge-like connections diagonally span the space between the oval cores, linking the individual workspaces with each other.