“In the 1930s, the Porsche engineering office at Kronenstrasse 24 developed into an innovative actor in the automotive industry. However, the garages at the Porsche villa on Feuerbacher Weg were still being used to develop the first customer-commissioned vehicles. So in 1937, they decided to build a new factory in Zuffenhausen. Ferry Porsche acquired the land from the Wolff entrepreneur family, and architect Richard Pfob was responsible for the design,” said Matthias Kriegel, writing in the Porsche magazine Christophorus 416.

“At the heart of the site would be a three-story brick building, with parks and sports facilities off to the side. Dated 20 November 1937, the plan for ‘Landscaping and Employee Sports Facilities’ envisioned an athletic facility with a 100-meter track, high jump and long jump area, shot put and discus throw facility, swimming pool, and sunbathing area for employee recreation, located to the left of the factory and bordered by trees. It also called for gravel areas, terraces, benches, and garden beds for vegetables and berries. But it was ultimately just the new factory that was built. On 26 June 1938, 176 employees moved from downtown to Zuffenhausen. Known today as Plant 1, the building became the headquarters of the company known as Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche KG.