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Munich, Germany

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WERK12

Munich, Germany

Firm

MVRDV

Type

Commercial › Office
Hospitality + Sport › Restaurant Sports Center

STATUS

Built

YEAR

2019

SIZE

5000 sqft - 10,000 sqft

BUDGET

Undisclosed

Architect
MVRDV with N-V-O Nuyken von Oefele Architekten BDA, Munich

MVRDV
Principal in charge: Jacob van Rijs
Partner: Fokke Moerel
Design team: Markus Nagler, Roy Sieljes, Jonathan Schuster, Sven Thorissen
Visualization: Antonio Luca, Coco, Kirill Emelianov, Pavlos Ventouris
Strategy & Development: Jan Knikker
Copyright: MVRDV
Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs, Nathalie de Vries

Partners
Co-Architects: N-V-O Nuyken von Oefele Architekten BDA, Munich

Artwork commission: Christian Engelmann and Beate Engl

Images: MVRDV Pictures: Ossip van Duivenbode
Structural Engineering: Wolf+
MEP: Teuber + Viel

Forming the nucleus of the Werksviertel-Mitte district, an urban regeneration plan on a former industrial site, the 7,700m2 mixed-used development located close to Munich’s East Station stands out with its bold and expressive art façade featuring five-metre-tall verbal expressions found in German comics.
The design of WERK12 combines a simple form, honest materials, and transparent façades. Users can move around the building in multiple ways: the design’s external circulation core is supplemented by 3.25-metre-wide terraces that surround each floor of the building, connected by external staircases that curl around the building.
The façade is animated by an urban art piece developed in tandem with local artists Christian Engelmann and Beate Engl, comprising bold lettering spelling out common expressions taken from the German version of Donald Duck comics. This 5-metre-tall lettering, and the colloquial nature of the expressions chosen, are a tribute to the graffiti culture and extensive use of signage found on the old site.
The five floors of the building are occupied by restaurants and bars on the ground floor, the offices of Audi Business Innovations on the top floor, and a three-storey gym in between that includes one storey dedicated to a swimming pool.
A key to the design was in the flexibility of the spaces. The building’s extra-high ceilings – with 5,5 metres between each floor – allows for level changes to be added by future users, as well as the placement of the circulation on the outside of the building means that the interiors can be easily reconfigured.

Credits:
- Artwork commission - Christian Engelmann and Beate Engl
- Teuber + Viel - MEP - Teuber + Viel
- Wolf+ - Structural Engineering - Wolf+
- N-V-O Nuyken von Oefele Architekten BDA - Co-Architects - N-V-O Nuyken von Oefele Architekten BDA

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