Building for Fundamental Biochemical Research, University

Project Description

Three-storey laboratory- and office-building for interdisciplinary research, with media and seminar rooms on the ground floor.

Reinforced-concrete skeleton construction with flat slabs, composite columns, as well as pre-fabricated, slender spun highstrength concrete columns in continuous configuration over three stories. The column-free media room in the basement was realized by a composite girder in the roof level and tensile columns carrying the load of the stories above.

The foundation was carried out in difficult conditions (sinkholes) as combined pile- and plate-foundation.

Client

Federal State Office for Property and Construction, Baden-Württemberg, Office Ulm

Architect

Bizer Architects, Stuttgart

Gross Area / Volume

11.600 m² / 52.000 m³

Realization

2003 - 2008

Awards

Good Buidling Award 2008, Federation of German Architects (BDA)