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The Transparent Factory
Dec. 23rd, 2005 06:54 pmMany people nowadays equate the term 'automotive factory' with grimy industrial-age buildings, sprawling, sooty and run-down, even if they happen to be used to manufacture current products. Even modern factories tend to recall their golden-age brethren, form following function, rather than aesthetically pleasing to the eye. Where some auto companies have campuses dedicated to design and engineering, once the final design is settled upon, it's most likely produced in your 'typical' factory setting.
Things are a bit diffferent for Volkswagen when it comes to their flagship car, the Phaeton.
Enter Die Glaserne Manugaktur (The Transparent Factory), located in Dresden, Germany. Situated next to the Dresden Botanic Garden, the factory blends in beautifully. Looking more like a museum or elegant convention center or campus than a place where they crank out cars.
A member of the VW Vortex forums has put an incredible collection of photos together in a virtual tour of the facility. Needless to say, this will completely change your mind as to what a 'car factory' is. Not only that, but make you wish you could work in such a setting.
Things are a bit diffferent for Volkswagen when it comes to their flagship car, the Phaeton.
Enter Die Glaserne Manugaktur (The Transparent Factory), located in Dresden, Germany. Situated next to the Dresden Botanic Garden, the factory blends in beautifully. Looking more like a museum or elegant convention center or campus than a place where they crank out cars.
A member of the VW Vortex forums has put an incredible collection of photos together in a virtual tour of the facility. Needless to say, this will completely change your mind as to what a 'car factory' is. Not only that, but make you wish you could work in such a setting.
