The second new building to be constructed fronting the entrance road was the 2,600 sq. meter central administration building. Bringing together executive offices, R&D, and the marketing department it is adjacent to an existing production hall. A beautiful exposed brick wall separates the two and is exposed in the new stair hall.
The three-story structure serves as the primary entrance to the factory for visitors and customers. Constructed of prefabricated concrete ribbed decks the building is covered with an outer skin of brushed aluminum panels with large format window-openings, slightly offset from each other.
The plan is organized into three program bands. An open section of ascending stairs is top-lit by a clerestory marking this space between the old brick firewall and the new construction. A second band contains service areas and the third larger band consists of office spaces, lobby and conference rooms. The concrete structural frame is exposed, as are the ribbed decks. An infill of birch plywood articulates enclosing walls. It’s lightly gabled roof responds in form to the adjacent prototype hall.
Architects — Barkow Leibinger, Berlin, Frank Barkow, Regine Leibinger
Team Design and Construction — Stephanie Kaindl (Project Architect), Karin Ocker, Hermann Plöckl, Daniel Steinberg, Maik Westhaus, Michael Zeichert
Program
Conference Rooms, Offices, Reception
Location
Neukirch, Germany
Size
2.640 sqm
Construction
2001 - 2002
Client
TRUMPF Sachsen GmbH & Co
Construction Management
Bauplanung Bautzen GmbH, Bautzen
Structural Engineer
Hörnicke Hock Thieroff, Berlin
Mechanical Engineer
Zibell Willner & Partner, Berlin
Electrical Engineer
ILS Lehner und Sachse, Wilthen
Landscape Architecture
Büro Kiefer, Berlin
Photos
© Werner Huthmacher