Porsche Center
Dortmund, Germany
- Architects
- PETERSENARCHITEKTEN
- Location
- Dortmund, Germany
- Year
- 2003
Porsche is synonym for technical perfection, precision, passion, speed and Understatement. Porsche Dortmund with its new building shape confers significantly all these attributes.
The building follows the motorway (B1) forming a direct gateway to the airport business park. The building consists of two units - a foundation block adapted to the topography and a metallic membran which encloses a 8 meter high and 130 meters long space. The silhouette reminds of an aluminum extruded section - as significant reference to the high technical qualities of the Porsche products. Everything is visible - technical service is staged in.
A Café Lounge supplies live pictures of current racing events, shows current production processes or test runs of the Porsche history. At night the building communicates over the transparent fronts with a light installations showing Porsche images. The constructions of the house are altogether prefabricated - the concrete socle of the building consists of three curved, diagonally standing shorings, computer-animated laser and welding machines produces the steal and aluminum construction units, each modules will be joined on site.
Client
Porsche Dortmund
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