
Facade as an image carrier
GWM Gerätewerk in Matrei
After winning a competition, we were commissioned with the master planning and overall planning services for the construction of a factory for the production of heating and cooking appliances as well as sheet metal semi-finished products. Two existing production facilities were merged at a new location.












The corporate culture of the client (a pure productive cooperative) as well as high-level metal processing were the inspiration for the main idea of the 'facade band'. A suspended metal structure formally combines the different structures, clearly distinguishable in their functions (production, storage, research, administration), and thus reflects the cooperative concept. Metal and its versatile high-quality processing options are used as image carriers.
- Client
Gerätewerk Matrei
- Location
Matrei am Brenner, AT
- Competition
02/2004
- Construction Start
07/2004
- Completion
10/2005
- Gross Floor Area
11,300 m
- Gross Volume
97,500 m