Triple Diamond – a new Head Office for the FMT Group, Wels, Austria
Corporate Architecture
The FMT Group is a leading and experienced European service provider for
the installation and servicing of industrial plant, offering a
comprehensive scope of services. Their work is marked by quality,
reliability and a high degree of safety at work. The result is efficient
and reliable project delivery which the customers have counted on for
almost 30 years.
By order of our clients, FMT Industrieholding GmbH and
Ferro-Montagetechnik GmBH, we have built a head office on the state road
between Wels and Marchtrenk. The site extends over an area of 40.000
square meters and contains now office building, workshops, assembly
halls and area for the manipulation of containers for world-wide
industrial assemblies.
Being ascertainable by driving by is one of the major information medium
of a company. Therefore it is crucial that the architecture reflects
the vision and the accuracy of the company.
Form follows function
The solution realized now provides a 200 meters long lifeline,
connecting the offices with all the operational areas. This structure
running along the road is co instantaneously spine and centre line of
coverage of the whole complex. Additionally it separates the premises
from the state road and therefore works as an effective soundproof wall
for the company as well as for the dwelling zone behind it.
The buildings develop parallel to the road. Facilitation of operational
actions and easy access for lorries was of particular importance.
Using white, grey and reflective horizontal siding panels result in a
shimmery effect of the office ashlar right at the most significant part
of the site. The cuboid sits on an architrave block plastered in blue
leading to the silver production halls covered by sheet metal plates.
Foresighted Planning
To put companies in the position to be responsive to permanent changes
and different demands, expanding possibilities are crucial. Foresighted
planning allows us extending the halls and the offices, even building an
additional hall as well as covering the atria.
This gives us the possibility to enlarge the premises by up to hundred
percent. To guarantee this option at anytime structural analysis and
building services engineering are already considered at this point.