Homage to crafts
Münchener Verein
New Work, New Work, Munich, 2023
As an insurer, Münchner Verein has a long tradition of working with the skilled trades, which is also reflected in the interior of its new office. Kinzo has therefore also staged the workspaces and common areas as a showroom for skilled crafts.
Right next door, in the coffee kitchen, stands a true colossus: the wooden table. It invokes a traditional carpenter’s workbench, but due to its over-sized proportions and challenging beam thickness, could only be realized by a stair builder.
The carpenters then provided a warm material contrast: Many furnishings, such as the reception counter, pan boxes, room modules or even parts of the walls were covered with wooden slat panels. A total of five running kilometers of slats were mounted. The designers deliberately chose an unusual profile. The front surfaces were beveled and each mounted with a spacer joint so that light and shadow create a striped pattern on the wood.
The insurance company Münchner Verein has built a modern office building based on a design by the Stuttgart-based architectural firm SCOPE: „das max“ in Ludwigsvorstadt. For the 250 employees of the Munich-based company, a new era has dawned since they moved into the lower four floors of the eight-story max in spring 2023. Previously, they worked in cubicle offices, but now the entire staff has moved to 3800 square meters of open space.
Photos by Eduardo Perez
| Client | Münchener Verein |
| Year | 2023 |
| Location | Munich |
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| Architecture | Scope |
