Technology Center Augsburg

Building: Am Technologiezentrum 2

In 2008, Augsburg, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (FhG), and the German Aerospace Center (DLR), jointly launched a competition for the construction of a research institute for user-oriented research in the fields of the production of lightweight constructions and chemical technology. Enno Schneider Architects from Berlin was awarded the first prize and the contract to realize the project.

The two facilities represent the first building block of the Engineering Campus Augsburg, which is to be characterized by a mixture of research and development, science-oriented services, and production. Having chosen the location, the new Fraunhofer IGCV building has become a part of the Augsburg Innovationspark.

 

Key data

Construction period: 9/2011 - 3/2013
Costs:
€ 10.4 million
Office and laboratory sections:
1460 m2., six floors with more than 70 workplaces
Pilot plant hall:
1200 m2. The lightweight steel construction corresponds with the institute’s research topic of lightweight constructions.

September 2009: Ground-breaking ceremony for the new building
Beginning of April 2011:
Start of construction
End of April 2012:
Completion of the shell
February 2013:
Project Group FIL of Fraunhofer ICT moves in the new building
May 2013:
Official inauguration of the research centers DLR-ZLP and FhG-ICT/FIL (today Fraunhofer IGCV) in Augsburg

Funding: European Union "Investment in your future" European Fund for Regional Development, Free State of Bavaria, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), City of Augsburg

 

Description of the building

The six-story building offers space for administration and research offices, meeting rooms, laboratories for chemical/physical experiments, technical facilities, and on the ground floor a reception area. The six-story building is connected to the workshop hall by a ground-level glass passage.

The choice of the materials and the hall building's contours with its dominant eaves at the northern and southern gable sides show analogies to the institute's lightweight construction research activities. The façade of the office building is covered with a delicate curtain of grey ceramic panels and forms an exciting contrast. Ceramics as an old material has been advanced to modern material and at the Fraunhofer IGCV building implemented in a contemporary way. It stands in intentional structural contrast to the shell of lightweight corrugated iron and the workshop hall's polycarbonate. The Fraunhofer IGCV and the DLR office buildings are positioned in a shifted relation; both are embedded in a small park. This ensemble creates exciting views of the open space for the office and laboratory workplaces. As the institutes are expected to grow, the architectural concept provides an easy extension of the halls: the northern facades could be dismantled and relocated. 

In terms of energy, the building shell was designed to be 20 percent below the requirements of the existing  Energy-Saving Regulation EnEV.

The new building of the Institute DLR / ZLP of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) is located on the same site and has the same architectural design. The two facilities face developing automated production processes to enable the use of new materials in lightweight construction (e.g., for aircraft and motor vehicles).

 

 

 

© Fraunhofer IGCV
© Fraunhofer IGCV
© Fraunhofer IGCV
© Fraunhofer IGCV
  • Enno Schneider Architekten
    Prof. Dr. Schneider + Co. GmbH, Berlin

    Mitarbeit:
    Enno Schneider
    Thomas Hauser
    Thomas Rabbe
    Thomas Sugge
    Ruth Vagedes
    Jörn Lange

  • Akustik:
    PMI GmbH, Unterhaching

    Außenanlagen:
    Enno Schneider Architekten
    mit KUULA Landschaftsarchitekten, Berlin

    Brandschutz:
    HHP West Beratende Ing. GmbH, Bielefeld

    Elektro:
    Conplaning GmbH, Günzburg

    Geologie:
    Kiwa MPA Bautest GmbH, Augsburg

    Klima/TGA:
    Climaplan GmbH, München

    MSR/Automation:
    Conplaning GmbH, Günzburg

    Objektüberwachung:
    Enno Schneider Architekten
    Prof. Dr. Schneider + Co. GmbH
    in Zusammenarbeit mit Leitwerk GmbH, Augsburg

    SiGeKo:
    Zuth + Zuth, Augsburg

    Tragwerk:
    BKSI GmbH, Stuttgart

    Vermessung:
    Schubert Vermessungen, Dinkelscherben