In the middle of Berlin Kreuzberg, PANDION OFFICEHOME developed a modern commercial courtyard with contemporary, flexible spaces as an optimal “new work environment” for start-ups and traditional companies alike. Eike Becker Architekten designed a building with an urban loft character. The wayfinding system gives the building complex a visual identity and creates orientation.

The FIZ Re­search and In­no­va­tion Cen­tre in Mu­nich is the heart of the world­wide re­search and de­vel­op­ment net­work of the BMW Group. Built in 1986, the area has grown con­sid­er­ably, ex­pand­ing into the sur­round­ing ur­ban space and be­com­ing more com­pact in or­der to pro­vide space for the ap­prox­i­mately 25,000 peo­ple who work there. In 2015, HENN de­vel­oped a mas­ter­plan to of­fer a vi­sion up to the year 2050. More trans­par­ent, bet­ter com­mu­ni­ca­tion, di­rect routes and con­nec­tions to the city quar­ters should cre­ate op­ti­mal con­di­tions for the fu­ture, a cre­ative at­mos­phere which favours the in­no­va­tion and in­ter­dis­ci­pli­nary na­ture of the fields – or­gan­ised along a cen­tral axis.

The Kunsthalle Praha, whose name alludes to Prague's multicultural past, is reviving the building of the former Zenger Transformation Station in the historic centre of Prague. At this exposed location, it is accessible to the widest possible audience.