Transparent Factory for Volkswagen, Dresden


Related person
Jennifer Evans Cowley (was created by)
Date
2001-12, Factory opened;1999-07
Description
The factory was built to produce a line of luxury automobiles. Unique aspects of the factory include customer viewing areas and the combination of traditional mass-production and manual craft tasks. Specially-designed tram cars that use the city's municipal tram network were also implemented with the construction of the facility. These tram cars transport parts from a factory outside the city to the Transparent Factory. Also known as: Glaserne Manufaktur der Volkswagen; Architects: Gunter Henn, Henn Architeckten; Cost: approx. 187 million Euros. Keywords: Germany, Saxony, Sachsen, Dresden, industrial buildings.
Style/Period
1990s (1990 - 1999)
2000s (2000 - 2009)
Material
glass
steel