Dachser

Working worlds of tomor­row – alre­a­dy today

The future of work is cha­rac­te­ri­sed by an unpre­ce­den­ted speed of chan­ge. The boun­da­ries of phy­si­cal pre­sence have been lifted. Tech­no­lo­gi­cal inno­va­tions, new busi­ness models and chan­ging mar­kets requi­re employees and employ­ers ali­ke to be con­stant­ly wil­ling to adapt and deve­lop. Tra­di­tio­nal offices are beco­ming relics of days gone by, while fle­xi­ble working envi­ron­ments are gai­ning the upper hand. The inter­na­tio­nal com­pa­ny DACHSER from Kemp­ten is facing up to this chan­ge. A work, mee­ting and lear­ning cent­re for employees and guests from all over the world is being built on around 33,000 m² on the Nord­span­ge in Kemp­ten. The focus here is on exch­an­ge, inspi­ra­ti­on and inno­va­ti­on. In short, a fle­xi­bly cus­to­mi­sable “Dach­ser Net­work Cam­pus” that has it all. 

The connecting element

2 + 2 = More space. How do you crea­te a coher­ent and har­mo­nious exten­si­on of two exis­ting buil­dings with two new buil­dings? By com­bi­ning past and future, tra­di­ti­on and inno­va­ti­on. The result is an archi­tec­tu­ral ensem­ble of iden­ti­ty and visi­on. And more space for encoun­ters, know­ledge trans­fer, inspi­ra­ti­on and inno­va­ti­on. The core and cen­tral ele­ment is the Magis­tra­le, which con­nects all the buildings.

Ser­vice phases:
LPH 1 – 5 (6 – 9)
Total area:
approx. 33,000 m² 
Employees:
approx. 2,000
Part­ner office struc­tu­ral engineering:
Kuhn Sta­chel Uhl­ig Architects
Over­all responsibility:
DACHSER Con­s­truc­tion & Real Estate
#1 Recep­ti­on

Reception area

Central point of arrival and brand world

 #2 Restau­rant & Bar

Restaurant & espresso bar

Culinary diversity as a marketplace with approx. 400 seats

 #3 Fit­ness

Healthcare sector

Medical care and fitness on over 300 square metres

 #5 Bis­tro

Bistro

Extensive range to take away or for a quick lunch

 #6 Forum

Forum

Multifunctional meeting room with up to 400 seats

 #7 IT Ser­vice Point

IT Service Point

Central IT shop, training courses and exhibition space

 #8 Aca­de­my

Academy

Training area with seminar rooms, workshop areas and video studio

 #8 Aca­de­my

Academy

Training area with seminar rooms, workshop areas and video studio
Future restaurant as a marketplace with different thematic focuses
Future restau­rant as a mar­ket­place with dif­fe­rent the­ma­tic focuses

The human being in focus

What mea­su­res can be taken to crea­te a working envi­ron­ment whe­re sha­ring, col­la­bo­ra­ti­on and crea­ti­vi­ty thri­ve? With the help of a gene­rous and well thought-out design that puts peo­p­le at the cent­re. Par­ti­cu­lar high­lights of the inte­ri­or design are, on the one hand, the magis­tra­le, which lite­ral­ly ensu­res an unin­ter­rupt­ed flow of data bet­ween the buil­dings, and the lar­ge event room at the heart of the cam­pus. Lec­tures, con­fe­ren­ces and crea­ti­ve work­shops take place here.

For phy­si­cal and men­tal well-being, the­re are various gas­tro­no­mic con­cepts in addi­ti­on to the work are­as, as well as an IT shop and a sepa­ra­te health area. The spa­cious out­door area invi­tes you to recrea­te and work outdoors.

Forum with 40 square metre LED screen, stage and space for 350 people
Heart and mul­ti­func­tion­al event room of the DACHSER Net­work Cam­pus with space for 350 people

Holistic campus development: from architectural planning to marketing support

The pro­ject initi­al­ly focus­sed on cam­pus plan­ning, in which a stra­te­gic and sus­tainable deve­lo­p­ment of the site was desi­gned. Work­shops and tar­get group ana­ly­ses were used to pre­cis­e­ly iden­ti­fy the needs of future user groups and incor­po­ra­te them into the pro­ject. On this basis, the con­cepts for the various buil­ding are­as were deve­lo­ped and the func­tion­al and design ele­ments were inte­gra­ted into a coher­ent over­all con­cept. This was fol­lo­wed by the design and imple­men­ta­ti­on plan­ning, during which detail­ed plans for the con­s­truc­tion work were drawn up. The­se plan­ning topics were flan­ked by the con­cep­ti­on of the gui­dance sys­tem for the enti­re cam­pus, as well as the crea­ti­on of various vide­os and visua­li­sa­ti­ons to sup­port cor­po­ra­te communication.

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Modular office planning

Fle­xi­bi­li­ty, modu­la­ri­ty, space effi­ci­en­cy and brea­king up out­da­ted struc­tures. All of the­se topics were explo­red in joint work­shops and the Flex-Office prin­ci­ple. In a flex office, employees can group tog­e­ther and meet depen­ding on their area of acti­vi­ty and pro­ject. As part of a par­ti­ci­pa­to­ry needs assess­ment, the­re were 24 office modu­les to choo­se from, which could be cus­to­mi­sed accor­ding to depart­ment. Open-plan are­as, modu­lar fur­ni­tu­re, intel­li­gent tech­no­lo­gy and inno­va­ti­ve mee­ting spaces enli­ven the are­as and pro­mo­te col­la­bo­ra­ti­on bet­ween the teams.