The new research building for the Max Delbrück Centre is situated at the Campus Berlin-Buch. It accommodates an automated cold storage for biological samples, the associated technical facilities and administrative offices plus ancillary rooms. All of these functions are contained within a compact building volume. The development is aligned along a historic central axis in the former Berlin-Buch parish cemetery while spatially interpreting the layout and orientation of existing larger and smaller laboratory buildings. The location, configuration and accessibility of the new building allow for its expansion in two directions at a later stage. 

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Architects: Heide & Von Beckerath

Location: Robert-Rössle-Straße 10, 13125 Berlin, Germany
Architects In Charge: Verena von Beckerath, Tim Heide

Area: 239.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Andrew Alberts

Collaborators: Jack Wilson, Aske Andersen, Daniel Bruns, Stefan Dietzel, Carolin Gyra, François Vaugoyeau

Construction Management: Holtz-Gostomzyk Architekten

Structural Engineer: StudioC

Building Services Engineer (Ducts): : H+S Ingenieure GmbH

Building Services Engineer (Wiring): Dr. Kausch Ingenieurbüro

Cooling Technology: LiCONiC AG

Client: Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft (MDC)

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