With many prominent guests such as the Munich gastronomy icon Michael Käfer and the mayoral candidate of the CSU, Mr. Clemens Baumgärtner (LL.M.), the ceremonial inauguration of the completed M-Plaza in the M-Park Munich on the former site of the Siemens factories in Thalkirchen took place yesterday. During the extraordinary supporting program, 300 drones conjured up the Frauenkirche, the Alps and the M-Plaza in the sky. An extraordinarily impressive laser show, specially designed for the event, LED dancers that looked like something out of a sci-fi film, rounded off the evening. The inauguration was carried out by Deacon Michael Götz from St. Maria Thalkirchen and Käfer provided the guests with his delicatessen specialties. The Thalkirchen boys, who have been supported by the M-Park in Munich-Thalkirchen for years, were also fully involved.
The M-Plaza is a pioneering office building that sets new standards in terms of sustainability and innovation. On an area of over 45,000 square meters, an office building is being built here in timber construction and made of recycled steel that meets the highest ecological standards. This combination makes the M-Plaza a particularly resource-saving building. Wood, as a renewable raw material, binds CO2 during its growth, while recycled steel significantly reduces the energy consumption and environmental impact of the building. This innovative construction method makes a significant contribution to reducing the ecological footprint.
The M-Plaza impresses not only with its construction and architecture, but also with its unique design and efficiency. Flexible workplaces, energy-efficient systems and intensive green spaces make it an attractive location for companies and their employees.
On each of the approximately 5,000 m² floors, lush green areas and fully automatic, invisible air conditioning systems are realized, ensuring ideal CO2 quantities and temperatures at the workplace. The presence-controlled lighting, air, cooling and heating technology, as well as the company’s own geothermal and photovoltaic systems and several large heat pumps, ensure very low ancillary costs and a high ecological contribution in the long term.
“The M-Plaza is a symbol of our decades-long commitment to building ecologically and sustainably. We have already been able to prove this in the M-Quartier Munich, among other places, which has also been awarded the EffizienzHaus40 and LEED platinum. With the M-Plaza as the first construction phase of the new M-Park Munich, we are showing that economic interests and ecological responsibility are compatible,” said Michael Gerlich, developer and owner of the FidCap Group Munich.
Only about 10% of office buildings in Germany achieve certification. The two highest certifications LEED Platinum and EffizienzHaus40 as well as WiredScore Platinum are likely to have been achieved by very few buildings in Germany. The M-Plaza is certainly the only one to offer these highest certificates in the combination developed by FidCap with timber construction, recycled steel, geothermal energy, photovoltaics and other sustainability measures.
The office ecosystem in a biophilic design made of wood from regional forests and a skeleton made of recycled steel produced with green electricity extends over seven floors. The workplace of the future has been created that meets the needs of the modern working world. Flexible workspaces that encourage creativity and collaboration, as well as two restaurants, two lounges, a conference center, a high-tech gym with SPA, and lushly landscaped courtyard, floor, and rooftop terraces characterize the M-Plaza.
The M-Park’s “own” underground station and bus stop and the direct proximity to the Siemenswerke S-Bahn station ensure a quick connection to the city centre (max. 10 minutes) and the surrounding area of Munich; the Bavarian Regiobahn even runs from the S-Bahn station to Rosenheim or Salzburg. The car-free, green M-Park will also offer around 30,000 m² of green spaces and an extensive range of emission-free mobility (hub with electric cars and bikes, among other things), which will significantly reduce individual traffic.
The M-Park Munich (www.M-Park.de)
With the groundbreaking project in the southern Munich city area, FidCap has set itself the goal of making urban space more efficient and bringing more nature and quality of life into the city. The property in Tölzer Straße in Munich-Thalkirchen, which was closed in the past, will be fully accessible to the public. Thanks to the spacious and inviting park and green areas of over 30,000 m² of the area, as well as green terraces and roof terraces, the central district square or a running track above the rooftops of Munich, the M-Park will also be lively in the evenings and on weekends in the future. In addition, complementary uses are to complement the offer. In addition to the employees, the neighbourhood can also use the roof terraces, bars, cafés, restaurants, supermarket, drugstore, pharmacy and other retail, the gym or coworking facilities. The quarter will become a car-free zone with perfect public transport connections. At the same time, car traffic is significantly minimized by offering a wide range of emission-free mobility in the huge e-mobility hub (including e-car sharing, e-bikes, bikes, scooters and bicycle parking spaces).
