Mölk Pressegrosso, Osnabrück

Year built: 1998

Keyword “Floating administration!”: The challenge consisted of the conversion, extension and construction of administration offices directly above a sorting hall without interfering with the ongoing business. All media publications had to be delivered daily as usual so the high-tech sorting facility could not halt operations. The new administration building therefore had to be constructed as a 25-metre-wide floating complex above the sorting hall. Only with this innovative design could this extension be made at the existing location. Relocating outside of the city centre would have created difficulties for many employees.