Porsche Museum, Zuffenhausen - Germany

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Industries

Automotive manufacturing, Museums and art galleries

Products

Condair MK5

Technologies

Resistive steam humidification

Porsche Museum Zuffenhausen perfect climate with steam humidity

The Porsche Museum in Zuffenhausen is a striking example of contemporary architecture, designed by the Viennese firm Delugan Meissl Associated Architects. The monolithic structure appears to hover above the ground, embodying the company’s philosophy of innovation, precision and dynamic performance. Its design gives the Porsche brand a powerful physical identity at its corporate headquarters, making the museum a landmark that reflects both engineering excellence and aesthetic clarity. The building’s plinth consists of two underground levels used as parking garages, while the ground floor and the upper floor rise in a tiered, sculptural form that guides visitors smoothly into the museum experience. To safeguard exhibits and ensure a comfortable indoor environment, steam humidification using professional steam humidifiers maintains stable and controlled humidity levels throughout the museum.

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Floating architecture and precision climate control

The entrance area on the ground floor, located behind a transparent glass façade, features a narrow foyer with ticket counters, a café and a museum shop. Adjacent to it are the museum workshop—visible through a glass partition—and the company archive, which provides essential insights into Porsche’s rich automotive heritage. Rising above the plinth is the dramatic “Flieger,” the main exhibition volume. This polygonal structure is supported by only three core groups, creating the illusion that it is floating. Visitors reach the exhibition hall via a long escalator, where a column-free, windowless and entirely white interior awaits. This clean, minimalist environment ensures full focus on the automobiles and design objects on display. To maintain the ideal preservation conditions for the exhibits, Condair steam humidifiers provide precise atmospheric humidity, ensuring both comfort and long-term protection of valuable materials.

The Condair RS steam humidifiers boast patented limescale management which prevents permanent deposition of limescale on heater rods. Limestone crusts are successively detached and removed from the steam cylinder into the limescale collection vessel. Limestone management ensures extremely short waiting times and a long life.

The innovative control system fitted with a touch display ensures outstanding transparency of function and precise steam delivery. The units are the result of decades of experience and they define the state of the art in modern steam humidification.

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