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Mühle Shaving Offices

Mühle Shaving Offices
© Simon Menges

Mühle Shaving Offices

Atelier ST | Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH

BUILDING FUNCTION
Production Hall

STRUCTURAL DESIGN
Robert Wierick

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Sebastian Thaut, Silvia Schellenberg-thaut, Johannes Wilde

MANUFACTURERS
Erco, Artemide, Berker, Fsb, Mellau, Ridi, Schüco, Strab Holz, Vitra

BUILDING PHYSICS
Graner Ingenieure

PHOTOGRAPHS
Simon Menges

AREA
461 M²

YEAR
2023

LOCATION
Stützengrün, Germany

CATEGORY
Industrial Architecture, Office Buildings, Sustainability

Mühle GmbH & Co.KG produces the finest shaving products as a third-generation family business at the site in Stützengrün since 1945.

With the replacement of Hall 4, the traditional location in the Erzgebirge is expanded and completed.

Mühle Shaving Offices
© Simon Menges
Mühle Shaving Offices
© Simon Menges
Mühle Shaving Offices
© Simon Menges

The design objective was to integrate the new building unobtrusively into the heterogeneous factory structure and at the same time to generate an object with a strong and independent identity.

At first glance, a simple industrial building. On closer inspection, a finely shimmering, mysterious object communicates the value of the products manufactured at the site of Mühle GmbH & Co.KG.

Based on the urban planning specifications, the new replacement building is located between the two existing halls 3 and 5. In its height, however, the building projects beyond its neighbors.

Mühle Shaving Offices
© Simon Menges
Mühle Shaving Offices
© Simon Menges
Mühle Shaving Offices
© Simon Menges

The hall is divided into a high one-story production section and a smaller two-story section. For this part, offices and administrative rooms are located on the ground floor, and a large consultation room on the upper floor.

Externally, the new building presents a shimmering glass appearance. The glass allows the exterior spaces to flow inwards, provides insights into the production process, and ensures maximum natural lighting of the hall.

Mühle Shaving Offices
© Simon Menges
Mühle Shaving Offices
© Simon Menges

The façade is structured by finely shimmering and precisely edged aluminum profiles. As an element of surprise, the clean exterior is offset by a warm wooden core.

Due to the immediate proximity to the Ore Mountains and against the background of conscious building with renewable raw materials, all structural components such as supports, beams, ceilings, and roofs as well as interior window constructions and acoustic cladding are made of wood.

Mühle Shaving Offices
© Simon Menges
Mühle Shaving Offices
© Simon Menges

The new building is heated by a powerful geothermal heat pump. The electricity for this is generated by photovoltaic elements on the green roof of the new hall.


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Plan - 1st floor
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Plan - Ground floor
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Plan - Site
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