When interdisciplinary collaboration begins with the architecture

In the Center for Soft Nanoscience physicists, chemists, biologists and physicians research together under one roof. It is bright, functional and interdisciplinary: The 'Center for Soft Nanoscience' pursues an interdisciplinary research approach that is reflected in every corner of the building. WWU - MünsterView It is bright, functional and interdisciplinary: the Center for Soft Nanoscience (SoN) at the University of Münster is a high-tech research building for the nano-sciences. Here, 32 teams from the fields of physics, chemistry, biology and medicine do their work using high-precision nano-analytical methods. What's special about this is that the scientists carry out their research together under one roof, in Busso-Peus Straße, investigating how nano-materials with complex properties and functions are produced in nature - and with the aim, taking nature as their model, of themselves producing nano-materials or designing controllable ones. The interdisciplinary approach to research taken at SoN is reflected in every corner of the building, which was officially opened in late 2018 after almost two and a half years of construction work. "The architecture of the building is spacious, open and transparent," says Dr. Michael Seppi, who is responsible for the building at SoN.