Munich Airport’s LabCampus Expands as Innovation Hub
New design plans provide a glimpse of the next steps for Munich Airport’s LabCampus: Home for pioneers: Innovation Campus at Munich Airport grows
Munich/August 12, 2025 – With the unveiling of new design plans by renowned Swiss architecture firm KCAP Architects & Planners, the vision for Pioneer Quarter, the first of four quarter developments at LabCampus, is taking shape: six new buildings with strong individual identities and generous public spaces, such as the central Pioneer Square and the connecting walkway, will offer a high quality of life and make the quarter stand out. The visualizations show the next stage of development of the 26-hectare site at Munich Airport in its entirety for the first time. With the arrival of the Technical University of Munich in early 2026 and the near-complete occupancy of the LAB 48 and LAB 52 buildings, the first phase of the LabCampus is well on its way to becoming a vibrant hub for research, education, and entrepreneurial innovation. But that’s not all: plans for further buildings are in the pipeline with the aim of gradually completing the Pioneer Quarter and further expanding the LabCampus.
The Pioneer Quarter takes shape
The six planned buildings — LAB 47 through LAB 60 — send a clear message that the LabCampus is ready to become an international innovation hub in the heart of the Munich metropolitan area. With their iconic architecture and flexible use, interested parties can rent office space in multi-tenant buildings or transform one of the LABs into their new headquarters with a customized facade design. The diverse range of spaces in the quarter, including showrooms, space for research or prototyping, event spaces, restaurants, and communal areas, makes the Pioneer Quarter equally attractive to international corporations, hidden champions, scale-ups, science, and research.
LabCampus as a catalyst for the City of Munich’s innovation goals
LabCampus supports the City of Munich’s innovation strategy as outlined in its “Innovation Agenda 2030.” The agenda aims to establish Munich as a leading European location for AI, clean tech, and scalable innovation. LabCampus provides the space and expertise to make this happen: as an open place for collaboration, exchange, and applied research, it offers ideal conditions for international fast-growing companies, entrepreneurship, scientific institutions, and creative ecosystems.
“Interdisciplinary places like LabCampus are essential for real innovation. When science, business, and administration come together, a dynamic platform for exchange, networking, and joint design emerges,” says Dr. Christian Scharpf, Head of the Department of Labor and Economic Affairs of the City of Munich. With its location directly at Munich Airport and the new Convergence Center of the Technical University of Munich, the Pioneer Quarter is set to become a key project in Munich’s innovation landscape, offering successful companies plenty of room to grow – and thus playing a crucial role in bolstering Munich’s standing as an international innovation hub.
“The vision for the Pioneer Quarter’s further development is more than just structural expansion. In collaboration with the Free State of Bavaria, the City of Munich, and partners such as the Munich Innovation Ecosystem, we are creating an environment where ideas are conceived and realized,” says Jost Lammers, CEO of Munich Airport.
TUM turns Pioneer Quarter into a hotspot for interdisciplinary research
At the beginning of 2026, the existing LabCampus site will be filled with life thanks to LAB 48 and LAB 52 AirportAcademy. In addition to existing tenants such as Lufthansa Aviation Training, Exotec, German Air Traffic Control, amplimind, and AirportAcademy, the Technical University of Munich (TUM) will also be moving to the campus. With its TUM Convergence Center, the location will become an inspiring collision space where students and pioneers from science, business, and the public sector can research, teach, learn, and bring innovations from Munich Airport to the world. Together with local companies, the university location will create a constantly growing innovation ecosystem with optimal conditions for exchange, networking, and collaboration.
On the way to a vibrant campus
The food and beverage offerings lay the foundation for a lively and diverse campus life. Two attractive culinary community meeting places, the Daily Bistro forty8 and the café bar nosh, will open at the end of 2025. The focus is on high-quality catering for local tenants and guests, but the spaces can also be used for events. LabCampus is also planning to expand its lodging options near the airport with serviced apartments primarily aimed at project teams or experts staying for extended periods.
“With the Pioneer Quarter, we are continuing on our path to establishing LabCampus as a leading innovation hub in Europe — one that is connected, international, and inspired by Munich’s entrepreneurial spirit,” says René Droese, managing director of LabCampus GmbH.