The BMW Welt is a combined exhibition, delivery, adventure museum, and event venue located in Munich's district Am Riesenfeld, next to the Olympic Park, in the immediate vicinity of the BMW Headquarters and factory. It was built from August 2003 to summer 2007. A solar system with 800 kW of power is installed on the roof of the main building. The opening took place on 17 October 2007. The BMW Welt is the most visited tourist attraction in Bavaria.[1]
Operations
editBMW Welt operations are coordinated with the other local BMW facilities, the BMW Museum and BMW Headquarters.[2] It has a showroom with the current model lineup of BMW cars and motorcycles, and the other two BMW Group brands, Mini and Rolls-Royce.
Customers picking up special ordered cars are given a dramatic "staged experience" in which they await their new car in an enormous glass-walled hall, and their cars are lifted up from lower levels on round elevator platforms to their respective delivery area.[3] BMW Welt also has shops selling BMW-branded promotional merchandise and accessories, and a restaurant.[4]
Design and construction
editIn 2001, an international architectural design competition was sponsored by BMW. Twenty-seven offices participated in the competition[5] four of which were awarded prizes. The jury awarded two offices Sauerbruch Hutton and COOP HIMMELB(L)
The contract was awarded to the Vienna-based architects COOP HIMMELB(L)
Designed with an 800 kW solar plant on its roof, "the building does not have the boredom of an exhibition hall, it is not only a temple but also a market place and communication center, and a meeting point for knowledge transfer", said architect Wolf D. Prix at the opening ceremony.[8]
COOP HIMMELB(L)
Gallery
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BMW Welt, 2009
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BMW Welt interior, 2013
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The BMW Welt exhibition center as seen at night
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Side view
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BMW Welt at night
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Touratech BMW F800GS inside the BMW Welt
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Kronewiter, Thomas (February 4, 2014). "Sehenswürdigkeiten in Bayern: BMW-Welt beliebter als Schloss Neuschwanstein" [Sights in Bavaria: BWM Welt is more popular than the Neuschwanstein Castle]. Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved April 10, 2019.
- ^ "BMW AG: Geschichte: BMW Classic". Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
- ^ Schmitt, Bernd; Van Zutphen, Glenn (2012), Happy Customers Everywhere: How Your Business Can Profit from the Insights of Positive Psychology, Macmillan, p. 64, ISBN 978-1-137-00046-0
- ^ a b c Hemmes, Henny (March 2013). "Family Affair". Roundel. 45 (3): 68–72.
- ^ BMW Welt Architectural Competition
- ^ Rudolf Stumberger und Miriam Zerbel (2007-10-15). "Bauen für die Zukunft". Die Welt. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
- ^ "BMW Welt attracted almost 3,000,000 visitors last year". Roundel. 46 (4): 46. April 2014.
- ^ "a3-bau" Nr. 11/07 vom 22.11.2007, Seite 20.
- ^ "COOP HIMMELB(L)
AU BMW Welt project records". Canadian Centre for Architecture. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
External links
edit- Official website
- BMW-Welt on www.muenchenarchitektur.com
- BMW European Delivery wiki, on the Bimmerfest.com site