New building Süddeutscher Verlag Munich

The plinth accommodates the publicly accessible catering and conference area functions, as well as the reception and the individual facilities in front of the elevators that lead to the uses on the upper floors. The representative access is from the east as a public enfilade below the courtyards, the end of which is formed by the large conference hall. The daycare center is oriented towards the quiet grove in the south-west. Deliveries are made via the service road between the administration and the print shop to the north. A functional link to the rotary printing press, which has remained the heart of the publishing house to this day.

Communication

Informal communication takes place in the open corridor areas on each level and, in particular, in the nucleus of the central courtyard. Internal “crossing rooms” offer additional opportunities for informal exchange and short distances within the clusters. The inner courtyards with their balconies, the cores and the crossing rooms together structure the flowing work landscape, which can be flexibly used with cells or open work structures and can be adapted to changing needs for privacy or communication. The roof garden offers employees a communicative retreat in a green setting. This greenery cascades over the balconies into the courtyards and connects inside and outside.