BMW Group Campus Salzburg

The BMW Group Campus in Salzburg covers more than 12,000m². The project to extend the Group’s Austrian headquarters in Salzburg combined the historic administration building designed by Austrian star architect Karl Schwanzer with an imposing new building. pde was awarded the contract for planning in October 2018.


Visualization project BMW Salzburg
Visualization project BMW Salzburg
Visualization of the interior view of the BMW Salzburg project
Visualization of the interior view of the BMW Salzburg project
BMW Salzburg_Visualisation Atrium
Vizualisation of Atrium B
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Visualization project BMW Salzburg
Visualization project BMW Salzburg
Visualization of the interior view of the BMW Salzburg project
Visualization of the interior view of the BMW Salzburg project
BMW Salzburg_Visualisation Atrium
Vizualisation of Atrium B

Client

BMW Austria GmbH

pde period of service

10/2018 – 08/2019

Work stage

Work stages 1-5

Location

Salzburg

Completion

9/2020

Service areas

Planning, sustainability, LEAN (in planning and execution), BIM

Dimensions

Gross floor area: 7,347m²; 1 basement floor, 3 upper floors; parking level: 4,685m

Certification

BMW’s Sustainable Building reference system

PORR commissioned as general contractor

Intensive collaboration with the client, BMW, made it possible to optimise the available space. Despite working with a smaller gross floor area, we successfully implemented a homogeneous layout that complies with BMW internal space benchmarks.

Thanks to close coordination with PORR’s branch office in Salzburg, we submitted a tender for execution work within the project budget, and thereby brought the entire project in house in the form of a general contractor order.

Flex offices to promote creativity & communication

It is estimated that 595 employees will work across the entire site by 2028, 315 of whom will be situated in the new building.

The new building is also home to the training centre, complete with workshop spaces and other training facilities as well as an extension of the administrative areas. It also includes a new parking level and a spacious staff canteen.

The administrative areas are open-plan “flex offices” in line with the BMW Group’s specifications. In addition to modern office spaces and meeting areas, they also feature informal lounge areas and work areas such as kitchenettes and communication areas.

The open and spacious workspace is in line with a forward-thinking way of working that follows the desk-sharing principle. It is designed to promote creativity and communication and create a feel-good factor at work.

Visualization of the interior view of the BMW Salzburg project

Integrated planning

pde and PORR Bau GmbH optimised the building with regard to the target costs in the context of planning and structural design.

Building information modelling (BIM) was used to support timely and cost-optimised planning and subsequent construction. A digital model of the building was used from the outset for cost estimation and technical planning.

From the very beginning, the entire project planning process was set up according to LEAN methodology, which was later applied on the construction site through LEAN Construction.

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Building services

The entire building is fitted with mechanical air supply and ventilation systems. The workshop, training, office and canteen areas have each been fitted with separate ventilation units to prevent odours being transmitted through the ventilation system.

Heating and cooling ceilings heat the training areas, offices and canteen in winter and cool them in summer. Ceiling-mounted radiant panels heat the workshops in winter.

The building’s sustainable credentials are enhanced by a 100m² photovoltaic system installed on the main roof of the west wing. The campus also offers various charging points for electric vehicles.

An access control system has been installed in the office building to separate the individual areas. A video surveillance system using VoIP (video over IP) cameras has also been fitted to the office building’s façade.

Visualization project BMW Salzburg