TRUMPF Education Center

The TRUMPF Education Center in Ditzingen/Stuttgart provides a dedicated learning environment for approximately 100 apprentices while serving as a social hub within the company’s factory campus. Positioned beside the Blautopf restaurant and event pavilion, the new building complements its neighbor through shared geometry, timber-hybrid construction, and a pavilion-like presence within landscaped grounds.

At the heart of the Education Center is a 400-seat auditorium, a double-height space with sloped seating that anchors the building as a place for lectures, performances, and collective gatherings. Around this core, six hexagonal volumes accommodate classrooms, workshops, and lobbies, organized within an 18-sided crystalline ring. The entire composition is unified by a dramatic roof structure of radiating timber beams, converging at a crystalline skylight that marks the symbolic center of the building while flooding the interior with daylight.

Constructed from prefabricated timber panels and glulam beams, the structure demonstrates the efficiency, robustness, and sustainability of wood. Facades are cross-braced in reference to traditional fachwerk timber framing, with glazing systems that alternate between transparent insulated glass, translucent channel glass, and opaque paneling. These “display windows” open views into the training workshops, showcasing apprentice work while providing generous daylight to the interior. Outdoor learning is also supported by a terraced garden to the northwest, extending the building’s educational program into the landscape.

Balancing flexibility with architectural clarity, the Education Center provides spaces for teaching, exchange, and social interaction. Its expressive timber structure affirms both the company’s innovative spirit and the enduring role of wood in creating meaningful, future-focused learning environments.