Construction of a new building for the MPI of Microstructure Physics
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November 2023
The concrete roof of the office building is finalized.
© MPI of Microstructure Physics
The concrete roof of the office building is finalized.
© MPI of Microstructure Physics
September 2021 Deconstruction work has started to prepare the construction site for the new building. © MPI of Microstructure Physics
February 2022 After demolition of the old buildings, the construction site is now prepared for the new building. © MPI of Microstructure Physics
August 2022 Heavy equipment is on site to secure the excavation pit. © MPI of Microstructure Physics
October 2022 Two cranes have been erected. The construction of the shell of the new building starts. © MPI of Microstructure Physics
November 2022 The steel reinforcement for the first floor slab is prepared. © MPI of Microstructure Physics
December 2022 The floor slab is concreted. © MPI of Microstructure Physics
January 2023 The first walls in the basement are being built. © MPI of Microstructure Physics
February 2023 The first ceiling is being prepared for the pouring of concrete. © MPI of Microstructure Physics
March 2023 The first ceiling of the lab building is being finished. © MPI of Microstructure Physics
April 2023 A ceiling of the office building (center) is being prepared for concreting, walls are being built in the laboratory building (right) and the clean room (rear left). © MPI of Microstructure Physics
May 2023 Steel trusses for the intermediate ceiling of the clean room (foreground) have been installed. © MPI of Microstructure Physics
June 2023 A concrete pump is in use for the construction of the ceiling between the ground floor and the first floor of the laboratory building. © MPI of Microstructure Physics
July 2023 The last walls of the technical level of the clean room are completed. © MPI of Microstructure Physics
August 2023 View from the office building towards city center. © MPI of Microstructure Physics
September 2023 Labs with large floor space and high ceilings are available in the new building. © MPI of Microstructure Physics
October 2023 Interior walls are erected on the top floor of the office building. © MPI of Microstructure Physics
Press conference and press release
On September 4, 2020, the Max Planck Society and the City of Halle held a joint press conference on the planned new building at the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics. The mayor Dr. Bernd Wiegand, Heike Kiko from the MPG General Administration and the directors of the institute Prof. Joyce Poon and Prof. Stuart Parkin presented the new project.
Press release on the new building (only in German)
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