Flakes Factory

Bremen, Germany

View towards river Weser

Visualització © SMAQ

Found Situation

Fotografia © Caspar Sessler

View from river Weser

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Elevation south-east

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Longitudinal section

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Cross section

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Elevation north-east

Transformation of the found

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Loft Type S

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Loft Type M

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Loft Type L

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Structural model

Fotografia © Andreas Quednau

Visualization of transformed Flakes Factory at the fence of the contruction site

Architects: SMAQ

Localització: Bremen, Germany
Any: 2025
Client: Überseeinsel GmbH
Equip: Andreas Quednau, Sabine Müller, Anton Leibham, Sebastian Pitoni, Sebastian Delgado, Valentin Lepley-Schuhmann, Marius Schumann, Anna-Lena Wallner, Alexandre Berianidze
landscape architecture: Man Made Land
structural engineers: OP Engineers
building technologies: Hansa-Planung

Since Kellogg stopped production in Bremen, a new city quarter Überseeinsel has been created at the former production site between the Weser and Europahafen. Due to its presence on the banks of the river Weser, the Flakes Factory is an anchor point of the new city quarter that creates identity with new public uses, urban production and loft living.

The basic attitude towards the conversion of the former production building is appreciation of the diverse qualities and possibilities of the existing structure as well as its emotional significance for the locals. The structural substance is preserved as found as far as possible and transferred from there to a future with new spatial possibilities.