
Production Hall Trumpf
ARCHITECTS
Barkow Leibinger
PHOTOS
Ina Reinecke (4)
STATUS
Built
SIZE
25,000 Sqft - 100,000 Sqft
YEAR
2013
LOCATION
Hettingen, Germany
TYPE
Industrial › Factory
Trumpf GmbH will be expanding their existing branch factory near the village of Hettingen in the Swabian Alb.
In July 2013 the first of these phases, a new production hall with 3400 sqm, was realized after only 13 months of construction.
The permanent long façade facing the Lauchert Creek and valley is articulated as a gently folded origami of corrugated metal and glass to scale the factory building to the neighboring single-family houses with pitched roofs.
The roof as a 5th facade is planted with local vegetation to better integrate into the scenic valley.
For the production and assembling of oversized flatbed laser machines a column free and flexible space was required.
The steel framework of the roof construction allows north-facing skylights within the structural depth; together with the 3m high strip window at ground level they provide daylight for the working areas.
This will be the second addition undertaken by Barkow Leibinger, the first (shops and offices of 1500 sqm.) was done in 2009.
