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The most striking feature of this BMW training centre is the long row of full-height, silvery, pivoting sunscreen elements in front of the entrance face. The building is laid out around a central hall. Located behind the long facades are workshops that extend over the entire height of the building, whereas the spaces adjoining the hall are set out on two levels. Rising above the reinforced concrete basement is a three-bay steel structure that extends over the 155.5 x 55.5m area of the building. Hinged columns laid out to a 5m grid bear the primary roof beams, with purlins at 2.5m centres. The roof is braced by rods to form a rigid diaphragm. Spanning across the central bay beneath the glazed roof are 10-metre-long two-layer sheet-steel Vieren-deel trusses. The upper floor is a reinforced concrete table element. The facades are in a transparent post-and-rail form of construction, glazed largely with sunscreen glass. Concrete cores and framing in the facade serve to brace the overall structure, which is articulated into three independent sections.