A new gatehouse for the Trumpf machine tool factory marks the latest addition to its expanding factory campus begun in the early 70’s. The gatehouse is the first construction within a new master plan, which will include a new service center and a new campus restaurant.
This project embodies a long-standing ambition between architect and client: to employ Trumpf’s high-tech laser technology to construct a building entirely of laser cut and welded sheet metal. A 32 x 11 meter roof will cantilever 20 meters across the street lanes. This construction of a 50 cm deep, honeycombed membrane of stainless steel varies in density and material thickness in order to meet the changing static requirements.
The 130 square meter functional core houses the reception and waiting area as well as the technical services. The glass facades of the pavilion are two layers of float glass in 25 cm distance. Sandwiched between these glass surfaces are stacked tube-sections of acrylic glass, which allows the inner structure of the solid core to be visible as a blurred, soft shape on the façade.
Architects
Barkow Leibinger, Berlin, Frank Barkow, Regine Leibinger
Team Design
Carsten Krafft (Project Architect), Meredith Atkinson
Team Construction
Caspar Hoesch (Project Architect), Meredith Atkinson, Carsten Krafft
Program
Reception, Waiting Area, Technical Services
Location
Ditzingen, Germany
Size
130 sqm
Construction
2006 - 2007
Awards
2009 The Third Annual R+D Awards
2009 Mies-van-der-Rohe Award, Nomination
2008 Deutscher Stahlbaupreis, Acknowledgment
2005 "Possible Futures"
Bienal Miami+Beach, 3rd Prize
Client
TRUMPF GmbH + Co. KG
Construction Management
Gassmann + Grossmann, Stuttgart
Structural Engineer
Werner Sobek Ingenieure, Stuttgart
Façade Consultant
Arup Berlin (Concept)
Werner Sobek Ingenieure, Stuttgart (Realization)
Landscape Architect
Büro Kiefer, Berlin