Sustainable Research, Sustainable Construction

The architectural competition for the construction of a new science building for biodiversity research on the Dahlem research campus is over. The first place was awarded to Glass Kramer Löbbert bda - Gesellschaft von Architekten . The requirements were stiff as the new building is supposed to reach the highest quality level "Gold" in sustainable construction. An exhibition displaying all the submissions will open on Monday, May 29, at 4 p.m. in the foyer of the Institute of Plant Physiology and Microbiology, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Straße 12-14. The new building to be constructed at Königin-Luise-Straße 28-30 is a cooperation project of Freie Universität Berlin and the Leibniz Institute of Water Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) in the Forschungsverbund Berlin. Total construction costs of 17.8 million euros are being planned for the new building. The cooperation partners of the new building - Freie Universität represented by its Director of Administration and Finance, Dr.-Ing.