Industrial evolution

The new School of Management & Design sits at the south of the vast Zollverein mine campus. The city of Essen can be seen in the distance.

Source: Thomas Mayer

The Zollverein School of Management & Design is the first new building in OMA’s masterplan for a mine in Essen, Germany, and the first European building by Japanese practice Sanaa.

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