Sparkasse Bremen Has New Headquarters on Campus

It was uneventful and yet surely record-breaking: In early November, about 600 employees of our corporate member Sparkasse Bremen moved into the new headquarters on campus. After a construction period of only two years, the new building on the Universitätsallee was ready to move in. That is fast! Yet, the scheduled opening ceremony had to be canceled due to Covid-19. Since mid-December, employees work mostly from home. “Still, the new headquarters makes us excited for working from the office again,” says Sparkasse spokesperson Nicola Oppermann.

Architecturally speaking, the building is more of the category ‘functional’ yet with the certain something – in abundance. A bar made from vertical, auburn aluminum slats joins with complete glass fronts and thus reconciles opposites: security and transparency. Sparkasse Bremen will also open its building for external events as has been done in the past.

Employees work together on three floors. “If you know where we come from, from these intricate buildings between Brill and Wall, you can immediately see that a new way of working begins here,” says Nicola Oppermann. Direct communication, agile work, task-related rooms – those are the keywords that have been transformed into a modern room concept together with a large agency. There are ‘home zones’ for teams, special calm zones, and rooms for project groups. “The new digital world, this cultural awakening – we can truly live that here,” says spokesperson Oppermann. Additionally, the proximity to the university and the technology park is expected to be used as innovation potential. A major aspect is also the topic of sustainability. Energy is mainly supplied by district heating, solar power, and geothermal energy. The building is already in the run for the DGNB certificate in sustainable building – in platinum – that is very promising. Only very few buildings in Germany carry that certificate, so also surely record-breaking.