"AVAT Automation GmbH has been developing pioneering automation solutions for the energy industry worldwide for more than 35 years. Its comprehensive solutions are used wherever energy generation and distribution need to be regulated, controlled, and optimized. Now the company wants to make itself fit for the future in architecture as well and has launched a competition for new working environments in Tuebingen."

The design by Steimle Architects integrates the building structure with the landscape. The comb-like building structure presents itself as structured, differentiated volumes that reflect the scale of the surroundings and interpret it in a contemporary language.