Is Dynafit's New Speed Factory HQ The Coolest Office In the Ski Industry?

Think your office is cool? Try Dynafit's brand-new home base in the Bavarian Alps. The newly-opened facility, nicknamed the Speed Factory, is home to over 100 Dynafit staff, along with a meeting places for athletes to get involved with and experience product development firsthand. Along with manufacturing space and a consumer-facing retail store providing an immersive brand experience, the building houses the Bivouac Bistro and a large product repair facility, both open to the public.

Visitors to the office can take advantage of customized services for mountain sports like trail running, mountaineering, and ski touring. That means running and gait analysis, to bootfitting, to an in-house ski factory where you can actually build your own skis. Skimo nerds rejoice!

The building itself is very impressive, putting a new spin on the mountain modern aesthetic. Kiefersfelden is nestled in far the southern corner of Germany along the Austrian border, right at the northern edge of the Alps, and the new building integrates into and highlights the surrounding peaks. The design came to fruition after Dynafit put out a request to an international design competition, won by Barcelona-based architects Barozzi Viega. The futuristic-minimalist design of the building rises over six floors to a height of 105 feet.

As a brand committed to sustainability, Dynafit went to great lengths to ensure their new home office echoed that commitment. From an innovative climate control concept to a heat exchanger powered largely by the integrated solar array, to a sophisticated shade system, the 108,000 square-foot building is almost completely CO2 neutral.

At the new headquarters, the Care and Repair center will process all repairs of Dynafit and partner brand equipment (including Salewa, Pomoca, Wild Country, La Munt, and Evolv). That includes repairing clothing, ski boots and bindings, as well as shoes, backpacks, tents, and skins.