Celonis

Overview

Opportunity

Solution

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Team

Celonis refreshed its existing Munich headquarters and expanded into new floors, creating a workplace that supports growth, transparency, and exceptional employee and customer experiences.

Location

Munich, Germany

Client

Celonis

Expertise

[FPO] TechnologyClimate Action [FPO] SustainabilityRetail [FPO] Consumer Experience [FPO] Workplace [FPO] Interior Design Brand Design

Opportunity

Transforming the birthplace of a global technology company into a transparent headquarters designed for growth, innovation, and customer engagement.

Celonis, a Munich-founded technology company specializing in process mining, partnered with Gensler to transform its headquarters into a workplace reflecting its identity as an industry pioneer. Rather than relocate, Celonis chose to remain in the building where the company was founded, preserving a place with deep emotional significance while preparing for its next stage of growth. The project needed to integrate three additional floors, create a customer-focused Executive Briefing Center, and translate the company's core value of transparency into architecture.

Why This Matters

01
Supporting Rapid Growth
Celonis needed a headquarters that could accommodate continued growth, integrate three additional floors, and strengthen collaboration without losing its culture or identity.
02
Making Values Visible
Transparency becomes a spatial experience through open sightlines, visual connections, and shared spaces, creating a workplace that makes collaboration and Celonis’ process-driven culture visible.
03
Designing With Restraint
Rather than relocate, Celonis transformed the building where it was founded into a headquarters that celebrates its origins while supporting future innovation and sustainable growth.

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Solution

Gensler translated Celonis’ process-mining methodology into an architectural concept that reveals structure, materials, connections, and hidden potential.

Inspired by the principles of process mining, the workplace treats the building like an X-ray, exposing its underlying character. Selected walls were removed, concrete and steel were left exposed, and the existing structure became part of the architectural language. Across six floors, retained building elements are paired with targeted interventions supporting focus, collaboration, customer engagement, and brand expression. A restrained black-and-white palette and honest, durable materials create an authentic workplace that reflects Celonis’ culture.

How process mining became an architectural strategy for transparency, reuse, customer engagement, and workplace connection.

The design process began with Celonis’ business: uncovering hidden patterns to create better outcomes. Gensler translated this idea into an architectural strategy of revealing and refining the building itself. Layers were peeled back, structural elements exposed, major systems retained, and simple, durable materials carefully selected to support comfort, acoustics, and sustainability. On the upper floors, the existing staircase was transformed with custom open-cell grid cladding, re-engineered to meet German manufacturing and building standards.

Impact

The completed headquarters celebrates Celonis’ origins while creating a transparent, customer-centered workplace designed to support continued innovation and growth.

The Munich headquarters creates a distinctive physical expression of Celonis' identity, bringing employees and customers together in an immersive workplace and Executive Briefing Center. By retaining existing materials and building systems, the project minimizes unnecessary waste while creating a bold and authentic environment. Flexible workplaces support collaboration, customer workshops, and brand storytelling across six floors. Through thoughtful, low-intervention design moves, the headquarters achieves a high-impact workplace while supporting LEED Gold certification goals.

What Changed Because of This

01
Customer Experience
The new Executive Briefing Center gives customers a clear, immersive view into Celonis’ identity, values, technology, and workplace culture.
02
Environmental Reuse
The design retained major building elements, including walls, lighting, HVAC systems, and ceilings, reducing waste through targeted intervention.
03
Brand Expression
Celonis’ data-mining process becomes a spatial experience through exposed structure, transparent connections, raw materials, and a black-and-white palette.

Our design transforms an existing building into a customer-centric innovation hub, revealing its character while creating flexible spaces where people and ideas can connect, collaborate, and grow.

Recognition

01

FX Magazine

FX Awards 2024 Winner in the Workspace Environment (Large) category.

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Detail Magazine

Minimal intervention, maximum impact: How Gensler transformed Celonis’ Munich workplace.

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Architekturblatt

Feature on Celonis Munich where Gensler embedded employee and client experience at the heart of the design.

Team

Project Leadership

[FPO] Ingrid Christensen

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Megan Dobstaff

Megan Dobstaff is a Principal and Design Director in Gensler’s London office, leading workplace strategy and design for organisations seeking purpose-led, tailor-made environments that reflect their culture and ways of working.

[FPO] Tanja Speckmann

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[FPO] Styrbjörn Torell

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FAQ

01

What was the main design concept for Celonis’ Munich headquarters?

The design translates Celonis’ process-mining methodology into architecture by revealing the building’s structure, materials, and hidden potential.

02

Why did Celonis remain in its existing headquarters?

Rather than relocate, Celonis chose to stay in the building where the company was founded, preserving its history while creating a headquarters designed for future growth.

03

What is the Executive Briefing Center?

Located on the top two floors, the Executive Briefing Center provides an immersive environment for customer engagement, collaboration, workshops, and brand storytelling.

04

How does the project support sustainability?

The project retains existing structures, building systems, and materials wherever possible, reducing waste while supporting the client's LEED Gold certification goals.

05

How does the workplace reflect the Celonis brand?

Exposed concrete and steel, a restrained black-and-white palette, and honest materials reinforce Celonis’ values of transparency, authenticity, and innovation.

06

How large is the Celonis Munich headquarters?

The headquarters spans approximately 68,000 square feet (6,317 square metres) across six floors in Munich, Germany.

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Celonis refreshed its existing Munich headquarters and expanded into new floors, creating a workplace that supports growth, transparency, and exceptional employee and customer experiences.

Transforming the birthplace of a global technology company into a transparent headquarters designed for growth, innovation, and customer engagement.

Why This Matters

Gensler translated Celonis’ process-mining methodology into an architectural concept that reveals structure, materials, connections, and hidden potential.

How process mining became an architectural strategy for transparency, reuse, customer engagement, and workplace connection.

The completed headquarters celebrates Celonis’ origins while creating a transparent, customer-centered workplace designed to support continued innovation and growth.

What Changed Because of This