Flötzinger Brauerei in Schechen

From master plan to integrated preliminary design
Our planning was based on the master plan developed by Krones, a plant designer specializing in the beverage industry. This plan defined the basic functional structure with a tank farm, technical building, filling plant, logistics, and social rooms on a gross floor area of 14,300 m². According to the master plan, the brewhouse was to remain at the original location in Rosenheim. Based on this, we conducted a target value design workshop with the client. The aim was to define key project values and basic technical requirements and to anchor them within the set budget. The positioning of the buildings on the site was optimized during the preliminary design phase through various urban planning studies.

Integral planning follows the brewing process
In the next step, we developed a process-oriented overall concept: The architectural and engineering planning encompasses the brewery, consisting of the brewhouse, fermentation and pressure tanks, and a bottling plant. Storage areas and loading facilities as well as the necessary office and social areas were also planned. The architectural concept enables an optimal production process in each of the planned building types: lautering, boiling, mashing, fermenting, maturing, filtering, and bottling.

Strong brand translated into architecture
The well-known regional brand “Flötzinger” is reflected in the design of the new brewery. High-quality surfaces and targeted insights into production processes convey the company's philosophical principles of regional ties and brewing tradition with high quality standards to the outside world. The three building types—bottling plant with logistics, tank farm, and brewhouse—form a coherent ensemble with a clear design language and coordinated materials. A special feature is the ceiling of the fermentation cellar, which conveys an intense brewery feeling: here, 24 cylindrical fermentation tanks have been suspended so effectively that only the cones of the tanks are visible in the room below – an impressive combination of function and spatial effect.

ATP Green Deal
Sustainability criteria were taken into account from the outset. Our ATP CO₂ tool was also used for this purpose. A comprehensive assessment of various construction options was carried out with regard to red and gray emissions, as minimizing CO₂ emissions in construction and operation was a key planning objective:

1. Material-related energy
   We developed different building variants for the supporting structure and facade and then compared the respective CO₂ emissions [kg CO₂ eq./m²]. The DGNB requirements served as a comparison value. The decision was made in favor of a roof structure and facade made of wood. This choice reduced CO₂ emissions by a total of 1,186,000 kg CO₂ eq. compared to a reinforced concrete roof structure and a panel facade. This corresponds to the CO₂ emissions of approximately 10 million kilometers driven by car.
   

2. Operational energy
   In addition to gray energy, red energy was also taken into account in order to make the building's operation as environmentally friendly as possible. With a heat pump and a large-scale photovoltaic system on the roof, CO₂ emissions for operational energy were reduced well below the legal requirements of the EU Green Deal and even below the CO₂ benchmark of the ATP Green Deal.