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Central Building, BMW AG, Leipzig, Germany
Detailed Planning and Skilful Implementation
Load-Bearing Building Structures with Architecturally-
Designed Fair-Faced Concrete Surfaces
North of Leipzig, the BMW Group have one of the most modern car factories in the world.
At the beginning of 2005, the 5,500 workforce will be producing up to 650 vehicles per day – models from the BMW 3 range. The central building connects the car body production hall, paint shop and assembly facility. It is also the main entrance to the plant and accommodates office and communication areas, staff restaurant, different laboratories and workshops.
The high quality demands on the concrete surfaces as well as the sophisticated geometry of the building required a formwork system which still allowed individual adjustments. After the wall planning was completed, special VARIO GT 24 elements were pre-assembled and brought to the site. In seven months, wall areas totalling 35,000 m² with heights up to 18 m were formed, using selfcompacting concrete.
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VARIO GT 24 Girder Wall Formwork
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Bernhard Pech
Managing Director
“Together with our partner of many years, PERI, we could deliver excellent architectural concrete surfaces for this very challenging project.”
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| Contractors: |
Joint Venture Rohbau Zentralgebäude - Wolff & Müller, Dresden and OBAG mbH, Bautzen |
| Architect: |
Zaha Hadid, London |
| Field Service: |
PERI Germany, Leipzig |
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Field Service:
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PERI GmbH, Deutschland
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PERI Handbook 2005 Formwork, Photos: BMW AG / Photographer: Martin Klindtworth
Photos: BMW AG / Photographer: Martin Klindtworth
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