Max-Planck-Institute for Infection Biology and German Rheumatism Research Centre
new building with historical context
first prize in a limited competition
Schumannstr. 21-22, 10117 Berlin-Mitte, on the Charite campus
2001

client
Max-Planck-Society Munich

architecture
Deubzer König Architekten

gfa
20.000 sqm

double – institute with joint facilities
library
seminar rooms
administration
cafeteria
electron microscope
radionuclide laboratories
S3 – laboratories
laboratory animal keeping
central supply and disposal
MPI: department for immunology
department for molecular biology
department for cellular microbiology

DRFZ: department for epidemiology

special feature
founded on a digested sludge bubble through tension – and pressure piles