The focus for Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design Centre was on communication and frequent interaction between the various users of the spaces. The idea of a small village was adopted; a community that frequently interacts with one another and - due to the sensitive nature of their work - is able to keep communications strictly internal.
Freestanding curved glass walls separate, but do not enclose, the design spaces. Work stations are placed within these formations while outside bays create "cosy corners” serving as a media room, library and coffee bar. Natural oak flooring and an open white ceiling compliment the black walls and chrome trim.
The Design Centre is split into two levels. The upper floor is dedicated to digital work, the ground floor to the model making workshop. Milling machines within are able to produce three 1:1 scale car models simultaneously. All areas are connected using state-of-the-art technology so that designs can be developed digitally and physically in parallel. Other services and areas designed by anySCALE included 7000 square meters of office space, a 1300 square meter workshop, an internal courtyard garden for events and displaying new car models and basement parking.
