EMBL Heidelberg

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„At the same time a showcase for science, the new Imagine Center creates a connection between research, society and nature through its urban planning gesture.” IBA Kuratorium

The EMBL is Europe's leading research institute in the life sciences, supported by more than twenty member states. Its tasks include excellent basic research, technology transfer, training and services for researchers.

The Heidelberg architect Johannes Gerstner was able to assert himself against well-known competitors. In his design, the entrance areas are characterised by transparency and openness. Flexibly screened areas protect internal use. The open and bright architecture, the visitor center and the location on the campus with its park forest will make the EMBL Imaging Center an attractive meeting place - for researchers from all over the world as well as for the city population.

On the south-western flank of the Königstuhl in Heidelberg, a research centre for electron and light microscopy, the EMBL Imaging Centre (EMBL IC), is being built for the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL).

As a research institute for electron and light microscopy, the new Imaging Center on the EMBL Heidelberg campus not only offers researchers from all over the world the ideal space to further develop science, but also the opportunity to develop ideas and work on projects in an open and modern atmosphere.

The overall concept itself is special. The outer shell is largely transparent and open, which creates the symbiosis of science and nature.

Contractor: Mohr & Hornikel GmbH

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