Masterplan BMW Urban Production, Munich, Allemagne

The BMW Group is working with the Bavarian capital to design a future-proof production facility for its parent plant in Munich. The two winning studios of the international competition "BMW Munich - urban production", OMA from Rotterdam and 3XN from Copenhagen, are working together to develop their designs and integrate the best elements of their ideas into the master plan.

The transformation of the Munich plant towards electromobility with the BMW iFACTORY. LEAN. GREEN. DIGITAL. includes the construction of new assembly logistics halls and a new bodyshop. The planned optimizations and associated production processes aim to achieve maximum flexibility and efficiency, as well as sustainable processes and outstanding digitalization. The plant is preparing to produce the new vehicle class and aims to expand digitalization and circularity in the transition to electromobility.

OMA and 3XN's approach is to integrate production and the urban environment as the basis for future-oriented site development and efficient vehicle production. In its 100-year history, the Munich plant has undergone significant changes, but never on the scale of this vision. A carbon-neutral plant is being developed for the mobility of the future. Efficiency, sustainability, and digitalization will create a unique production campus as a showcase for the automotive production of the future. People and production, living and industry will coexist symbiotically.

Public pathways in the northern part of the site provide an appropriate transition to residential development, allowing the future plant to be integrated into the cityscape. The façade offers transparency and openness, providing a glimpse into the automotive production of tomorrow. A new main entrance on Lerchenauer Strasse, with a bridge to the Olympic Park and the Olympic Centre bus station, could optimize the pathways for employees and visitors in the future. The new central building is a hub at the heart of the site.

In the future, people and logistics flows will be separated on different levels within the plant in an open working environment. The new levels will also include natural green spaces that will regulate the microclimate in the plant and act as retention areas. Sustainability is not only a central design principle in a holistic approach, but also a requirement for the entire planning process.