DETAIL English 3/2015 - Concept
Flexibility and corporate design, as well as the integration of research, development and production, continue to gain significance for the design of industrial buildings. A plant for a racing car manufacturer looks more like a laboratory than a typical factory. The materiality of a hall in Switzerland quotes local wood-construction methods. And a curtain production facility’s exteriors tell of the separation between production and administration, but its interiors break down standard hierarchies.