Leica Camera

Wetzlar, Germany
Photo © Andrea Flak

The new corporate headquarters of Leica Camera AG is situated close to the city center of Wetzlar, a small town in the middle of Germany. It is arranged together with two existing buildings and a freestanding coffeehouse along a representative central plaza. Besides the headquarters the building comprises an art gallery, a museum, a Leica flagshipstore, a restaurant and open production areas. All applications are connected at ground floor which can be experienced as a circumferential fully glazed façade. The lighting concept at the galleries enables high flexibility in terms of different applications. During darkness the façade along the ground floor appears as a shinning ribbon, which emphasizes together with the lit plaza, the illuminated coffeehouse and lit up facade of the existing buildings the uniqueness and individuality of the place.

Photo © Andrea Flak
Photo © Andrea Flak
Lighting Designers
Lichtvision Design
Year
2014
Project Status
Built
Architect
Gruber + Kleine-Kraneburg

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