INDUSTRIAL

Industrial architecture is often frowned upon.

Wrongly.

It can be challenging and requires a lot of specific knowledge and expertise. Designing for the food industry is particularly challenging, as I learned while working for Falkenstein GmbH, a leading abattoir and food design company.

The quality of the detailing requires a lot of precision, the architectural focus is on the quality of the working environment and on the representative administration buildings.

As a project architect, I worked on smaller projects like a car garage, to the largest project which was a 40,000 m² textile factory in former Eastern Germany. 

The new terminal and the administration of the baby-Walz company, including a fully automated high-bay warehouse, were complex projects (with Elger GmbH).

Due to the complexity and the necessary specialist knowledge, such commissions remain commonly with specialist practices. Personally, I enjoyed these projects because of the technical aspects.

Many aspects could be learned for sustainability, such as water treatment and grey water systems. Efficiency is a requirement that is implemented much more consistently than in residential architecture.

A selection of realised projects 

Bowling-alley factory, with Elger GmbH, Bad Waldsee Germany, 1996

Low-budget car garage, with Elger GmbH in 1997

ZARA Konigstrasse Stuttgart, with Architect J. Messerschmidt  2000 -2001