Swarovski Manufaktur in Wattens, Austrian Work Building, Architecture Images
Swarovski Manufaktur in Wattens, Tyrol
New Austrian Commercial Architecture in Tyrol, Austria – design by Snøhetta
30 Jan 2019
Swarovski Manufaktur
Architects: Snøhetta
Location: Wattens, Tyrol, Austria
Swarovski Manufaktur
Snøhetta Completes the Swarovski Manufaktur ? the Crystal Atelier of the 21st Century

With the Swarovski Manufaktur, Snøhetta has created a crystal workshop for the 21st century. This daylight-flooded and generous building is as much a top-notch production facility as it is an innovative creative hub providing Swarovski with new opportunities to work together with customers.

Developed for the Tyrolean crystal manufacturer, the Swarovski Manufaktur is a progressive crystal workshop perfectly suited for creative co-creation, rapid prototyping and representation. The structure cleverly merges design, product development and production into one single facility.
The new building type allows the company to develop innovative ways to align creative visionary processes with technical production requirements. ?The Swarovski Manufaktur sets a new standard for inclusive fabrication facilities,? says Kjetil Trædal Thorsen, Founding Partner of Snøhetta, when summarizing the concept. ?Bringing clients, designers, artists, researchers, machine operators, technicians and the public into one space under one roof is going to change how we think about these relationships in the...