Max Planck Institute for Brain Research

Frankfurt, Germany
Photo © HG Esch
Photo © HG Esch
Photo © HG Esch
Photo © HG Esch
Photo © HG Esch
Photo © HG Esch
Photo © HG Esch
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Architects
HENN
Location
Frankfurt, Germany
Year
2014
Client
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - Frankfurt
Architect overall planning
Henn, München, Berlin
Specialist planners
Tragwerksplanung: ISP Scholz, München Technische Gebäudeausrüstung: H + S Ingenieure, Nürnberg
Specialist planners
Landschaftsplanung: LA.BAR, Berlin Elektrotechnik: tfi Ingenieure, Mannheim Fassadenplanung: Gerhard Weber & Partner, Argenbühl
Specialist planners
Laborplanung: IKM möller + Partner, Sinn donath post, München
Area
19.600 qm
Start of planning
2008
Construction time
2009 – 2013
Competition
2006, 1st prize
Functional areas
seminar rooms, meeting rooms, offices, laborato
Jobs
240

The Max Planck Institute for Brain Research is located on the Riedberg Campus in Frankfurt am Main. The complex consists of two compact buildings: the institute building and the technicum. A spacious main communication and circulation foyer with open stairs and galleries links the two units and offers opportunities for exchanges and impromptu discussions among scientists and staff. Floating boxes, which appear to push themselves out of the glass façades, provide communal meeting and presentation spaces and emphasise the interplay between interior and exterior within this semi- public zone. The four-storey institute building is separated into an office area and a highly equipped laboratory zone with flexible and divisible space for research. The two upper floors accommodate four research departments. The ground floor houses the administrative offices, the central scientific facilities and the laboratories of the independent research groups.

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