Masterplan BMW Urban Production, Munich, Germany

Masterplan BMW Urban Production

The BMW Group is working together with the Bavarian capital to design a future-proof production facility for its main plant in Munich. OMA from Rotterdam and 3XN from Copenhagen, the two winning studios of the international competition "BMW Munich - Urban Production," are working together to develop their designs and integrate the best elements of their ideas into one 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 car body construction. The planned optimisations and associated production processes aim to achieve maximum flexibility and efficiency, as well as sustainable processes and outstanding digitalisation. The plant is preparing to produce a new line and aims to expand digitalisation 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 digitalisation 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 a proper 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 optimise the pathways for employees and visitors in the future. At the heart of the site, the new central building is a hub.

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 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.

To create a sustainable working and production environment at the site, the education and training of employees will also be part of the master plan. Social, environmental and economic sustainability will be equally implemented and specified in the structures of the vision.