Gauselmann Group unveils eco-friendly €14.5m office

Gauselmann Group has unveiled a new €14.5m (£12.2m) office building in its Merkur-Allee complex in the northwest of Germany.

The administration building boasts 7,000 sq m of floor space, 300 workstations and stands at 20 metres.

General administration operations will run from the office with 250 employees already moved into the complex from the real estate, human resources and IT departments.

The site features a 13 by 13 metre inner courtyard stretching from the ground floor to the fourth floor.

There are also a series of sustainable energy schemes in place at the new site, with heating powered by a photovoltaic system on the roof of the building while only during peak times are fossil fuels still used.

Room temperatures are also linked to whether employees are in the rooms.

Paul Gauselmann and his wife Karin with (right to left) Daniela Beihl (FDP), Oliver Vogt (CDU), Achim Post (SPD), Ernst-Wilhelm Rahe (SPD), Bianca Winkelmann (CDU), Mayor Henning Vieker, contractor Frank Kögel and Lars Reichel (technical manager for real estate at Gauselmann Group)

The open-plan interior design of the office is completed by special cubicles for meetings and private work.

Gauselmann Group said: “The interior design was guided by the way work has generally been developing towards becoming ever more agile, flexible and project-oriented.”

Construction began on the project in June 2020, with the building ready for use by January 2022.

In total, 3,200 cubic metres of concrete, 400 tonnes of steel, 20 kilometres of pipes and 200 kilometres of cable were used.

Gauselmann Group said it was the largest and most expensive administration building in its portfolio.

Paul Gauselmann, Gauselmann Group chair, said: “I am very proud of the new building and the excellent working conditions it allows us to offer our associates.

“As you can see today, our decision to go ahead with the construction despite the pandemic has turned out to have been the right one,” he added.