Werk 12

DE-Munich

New building with the ‘wow’ factor

Werk 12, designed by Dutch architects MVRDV, is a spectacular addition to the Werksviertel business park in Munich, and one which really has the ‘wow’ factor. What’s more, the five-storey building’s VISS facade is even more spectacular when darkness falls thanks to the illuminated neon onomatopoeic exclamations on the side.

The architects wanted to keep the steel and glass structure as stripped back as possible. They achieved this by implementing a VISS facade with a face width of just 50 millimetres and two different construction depths: The surrounding framework, which is 120 millimetres deep, holds two posts and, at a height of three meters, one crossbar, which are just 95 millimetres deep.

Project details

Ambit
Doors
Facades
Folding and sliding door systems

Products
Janisol folding partition
VISS Facade
Janisol door
Fire doors and fire-resistant partitions – Janisol 2 EI30
Economy 60 E30/EW30/E60/EW60 fire protection doors
Jansen Economy 60 RS smoke control door
Janisol lift-and-slide door

Finish
2019

Architecture

MVRDV, Rotterdam/NL

N-V-O Nuyken von Oefele Architekten BDA, Munich/DE

Metal construction

Werthie Michael Werner GmbH, Lutherstadt Eisleben/DE

Pazdera AG, Coburg/ DE