Oct 14, 2021
New modular research building handed over to TUD and users
It consists of 33 prefabricated room cells and was realized by the TU Dresden on its own in only ten months of construction time: the new modular research building on Stadtgutstraße 59. On 1,200 square meters, about 45 researchers of the professorship for Molecular Functional Materials of Xinliang Feng, which is integrated in the Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed), as well as of the Cluster of Excellence Complexity and Topology in Quantum Matter (ct. qmat) have perfect conditions for their research on the materials of the future, which ranges from 2-dimensional layered compounds with atomic thickness to materials with topological quantum phenomena. The ceremonial handover of this innovative high-tech building to its users has now taken place on October 14, 2021.
At the ceremonial handover of the building, Science Minister Sebastian Gemkow said: "The speed of the construction work, as well as the modular and flexible design, fits perfectly with the vigorous development of research activities at TU Dresden. In recent years, we have succeeded in attracting a large number of highly ambitious research projects, to which we had to respond promptly with more space and optimal working conditions. I congratulate you today on this successful modular building, which, with its modern and reduced exterior, can serve as a benchmark for future research buildings."
"With this first building project of our own, we have broken new ground. We have created a research building here that gives us the flexibility we need to strengthen research and teaching in the long term and has proven to be a time-efficient and cost-effective alternative to government construction. The idea behind this in-house construction measure was that we have reserves of research space that can then be accessed very quickly when needed," explains the Rector of TU Dresden, Prof. Ursula M. Staudinger. "This is because the pace of growth of our research groups based on their great success with third-party funding is usually far ahead of the construction of such research space and therefore presents the university with very great challenges. We would like to thank everyone who contributed to the successful implementation of this first construction measure of the TU Dresden as a building owner - an example that points the way for the future!"