M8 Work & Create

M8 Work & Create
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M8 WORK & CREATE

Oliv Architekten

ARCHITECTS
Oliv Architekten

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Matthias Roßner

MEP & HVAC
MEAC

MANUFACTURERS
Atlas Schindler, Hagemeister, Muuto, Novoferm, Warema, Alsecco, Schuco

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
IKR Kuschl GmbH

LIGHTING DESIGNERS
Lumen 3

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS
Pangratz + Keil

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Sacher GmbH

PROJECT ARCHITECT
Mario Benkovic, Silvia Voigt, Jan Jarkovsky

PHOTOGRAPHS
Edzard Probst

AREA
1700 m²

YEAR
2021

LOCATION
München, Germany

CATEGORY
Institutional Buildings, Offices Interiors

The M8 office building (Mühldorfstrasse 8) is located in the east of Munich on the edge of the dynamic Werksviertel.The aim was to create an office building with a high level of design and flexibility, functionally designed for a single user or several different users.

M8 Work & Create
© Edzard Probst
M8 Work & Create
© Edzard Probst

Flexibility in use, timeless aesthetics, and the latest technical achievements are the basis for a building's long life cycle. With the M8, the main focus was on the balance between economic and ecological sustainability.

The cubature of the building with side lengths of 76 m or 46 m makes optimal use of the property. The historicizing facade is deliberately based on the commercial architecture of the 19th century.

M8 Work & Create
© Edzard Probst
M8 Work & Create
© Edzard Probst

The architecture spans the spectrum from the industrial building to the historic office building up to modern times.

The careful proportions and the fine structure of the facade give the building a strict lightness. 44 round arches cover the ground floor and first floor and harmonize with the horizontal emphasis on the standard floors.

M8 Work & Create
© Edzard Probst
M8 Work & Create
© Edzard Probst

The design with red-brown bricks and large window areas reinterprets traditional clinker brick facades. Finely designed pilaster strips in each axis emphasize the elegant appearance.

From the outside, the building looks closed and introverted, but a completely new world opens up behind the arches.

M8 Work & Create
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M8 Work & Create
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The architectural feature of the interior is a two-story foyer with a café bar, which takes up almost the entire width of the building, and goes over an imposing staircase to a high garden located on the first floor.

Exposed concrete and black steel determine the materiality to set a counterpoint to the facade.

M8 Work & Create
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M8 Work & Create
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Various lounge areas and a barista bar act as a center for visitors and tenants.

The foyer and the inner courtyard garden offer space for all users and take on an important distribution function in the building.

M8 Work & Create
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M8 Work & Create
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As a special bonus, there is a spectacular 10m high and 31m long slide from the fourth floor into the courtyard.

The office floors are characterized by maximum flexibility and generous natural lighting. Rental units from 400 m² to 3000 m² per floor can be interconnected.

The roof can be fully used as a roof garden. Intensive greenery and separate outdoor kitchens for each user ensure an exceptional quality of stay, including a mountain panorama.

M8 Work & Create
© Edzard Probst
M8 Work & Create
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M8 Work & Create
© Edzard Probst

The building has a LEED Gold certification due to its high technical and environmental standards.


M8 Work & Create
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M8 Work & Create
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M8 Work & Create
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M8 Work & Create
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M8 Work & Create
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M8 Work & Create
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M8 Work & Create
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M8 Work & Create
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