Research Centre ARENA2036, Stuttgart, German Building, Architecture Images
Research Centre ARENA2036 in Stuttgart
University Building, south west Germany ? design by HENN architects
31 Mar 2017
Research Centre ARENA2036 in Stuttgart
Architects: HENN
Location: University of Stuttgart Research Campus, Vaihingen, Stuttgart, Germany
Research Centre ARENA2036

How will the architecture of Industry 4.0 look" What role will people play in the factory of the future" ARENA2036, which will be handed over to its users on 30.03.2017 at the University of Stuttgart?s research campus in Vaihingen, reveals the architecture of completely digitalised and networked production.

ARENA2036 stands for ?Active Research Environment for the Next Generation of Automobiles? and makes reference to the 150th anniversary of the first production automobile. Universities, industry and small and medium-sized enterprises come together in the research factory to work on the future of the automobile. Not only the product but also its production process is being completely rethought.
Just as the fully automated production of past decades left the assembly line structure intact, in the future all parts will be dynamically actively and freely combinable in space and time in Industry 4.0. As soon as the partially assembled vehicles have wheels and an electric drive, they move under their own power and control to the specific series of downstream production stations that will result in their configu...