he most prominent elements of the brand experience and automobile delivery center BMW Welt are the roof and the Double Cone.
The roof landscape of 16,000 square meters, supported by only 11 columns, not only forms the space-enclosing upper limit of the building, but also forms a functional, structural, and above all formally independent structure, in conjunction with the Double Cone.
Ever since Le Corbusier liberated the roof of the Unité as a landscape from its singular significance and function as a mere protective element, and ever since Oscar Niemeyer completed the design of his single-family dwelling Casa das Canoas near Rio de Janeiro, we have understood that the roof of a building need not necessarily follow its basic layout and structure. Rather, the "roof" has taken on a new meaning, new significance in modern architecture.