Concrete structure without expansion joints, a ‘white tank’ basement and wooden facades
Project
The modern institute building comprises two storeys with a total floor space of 4,000 m², and a basement. The main structure of the laboratory building is a reinforced concrete structure with buttressing wall and floor slabs. Because of the closeness to the lake, the basement has been constructed as a white tank to deal with water pressure. Whereupon the 80 m long building could be built without maintenance-intensive joints susceptible to damage. Two glazed steel crossings connect the new building to the existing buildings
Project data
Client Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, München
Architect Adam Architekten
Finalization 2008
Project data
Gross floor area 3.745 m²
Usable area 2.220 m²
Gross cubic capacity 16.000 m³
Span 8 m
Services structural engineering
