Artists' Brush Production Hall

Nuremberg · 2021–2025

A multi-storey extension was built on the site of the daVinci paintbrush factory, incorporating storage and production areas as well as a new order-picking area with goods issue, offices and social rooms.

Client: da Vinci Künstlerpinselfabrik DEFET GmbH
Location: Nuremberg – Tillypark
Type of works: New build
Commission type: Invited competition – 1st place
Work stages (HOAI): 1-8 (general planning)
Status: Completed
Typology: Industry & Commerce, Office & Administration, Competitions & Assessments
Energy standard: KfW-40
Year: 2021 Planning start
2022 Construction start
2025 Completion
Gross floor area (GFA): 10,040 m²
Gross volume: 38,650 m³

The new building was constructed with a reinforced concrete skeleton structure and clad with an isopane façade. It was designed in accordance with the KfW-40 standard, and a photovoltaic system on the roof ensures the building’s own power supply and the operation of the air-source heat pumps.

Aerial view of the main façade with the orange cantilevered volume projecting above the entrance area

Aerial view across the rooftops of the business park towards Nuremberg's telecommunications tower

Overhead view of the green roof with rows of photovoltaic panels, rooflights and building services units

Empty room with a ring-shaped pendant light, exposed concrete wall and full-height windows at dusk

Kitchenette in the staff area with a dark kitchen island, fitted units and suspended acoustic panels

Staff room with a kitchen island, open mug shelving in a wall recess and access to the washrooms

Long multi-purpose room with a kitchen island, standing tables and acoustic panels on the ceiling

Bright hall with five full-height glazed doors opening onto the roof terrace and acoustic ceiling panels

View through an open timber door with a glazed side panel into an empty room with an exposed concrete wall

Order-picking area with red bins on numbered racking between concrete columns

Scissor lift platform with a steel stair and railings in the storage area of the brush factory

Production area with workbenches, enclosed machinery and red parts bins beneath the concrete ceiling

Inner courtyard with a dark panel façade and window bands, an olive tree in the foreground

Orange cantilevered volume above the long façade, with a paved path and a planted embankment

Wide outdoor staircase along the planted embankment, with the façade and its cantilever on the left

Outdoor staircase with an exposed concrete wall and steel railings, Nuremberg's telecommunications tower behind

Paved walkway across the extensive green roof with a rooflight and a ladder up to the upper roof level

Speech at a lectern bearing the daVinci sign during a company event, with a stage and band instruments behind

Roof terrace at dusk with the illuminated daVinci lettering and a view over the street and car parks

Aerial view of the construction site with a tower crane and the fully scaffolded new building in the business park

Aerial view of the construction site with a tower crane, storage areas and the telecommunications tower on the horizon

Scaffolded shell with orange façade panels during construction in Nuremberg

Aerial visualisation of the new building with a planted roof terrace and lorries at the loading area

Upper floor in shell condition with a profiled metal deck, ventilation ducting and building materials on the screed

Visualisation of the multi-purpose room with easels and participants in a painting workshop

Painted giant brush model on an easel in front of a large print showing the building under construction

Elevation drawing of the new building with the daVinci lettering beside the two-storey existing building

Elevation drawing with level markings, the existing building in front and trees along the façade

Elevation drawing with the lorry loading bays, the upper-floor roof terrace and the existing building on the left

Elevation drawing with a row of trees, the stair tower and two daVinci signs on the parapet

Roof plan with photovoltaic arrays on the green roof and the top-floor layout in the angled volume

Floor plan with storage, production and office areas and the landscaping around the building

Site plan of the brush factory with car parking, the existing building and planted open spaces

Longitudinal section through the existing and new buildings showing the storeys and external staircase

Building section showing the floor build-up, roof terrace, stairwell and the landscaped grounds with trees

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