Government-funded construction projects
The European Union offers a variety of funding programmes to support research and education as a valuable public good. As one of the universities with the strongest research record in Germany and Europe, TU Dresden also benefits from these public funds. In the following, we will introduce you to funded construction measures on the TUD campus. The construction measures were funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
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Completed actions
Vehicle Test Center of the IAD 2nd Construction Phase
Brief description
In the 2nd construction phase, the Vehicle Test Center for the Dresden Institute of Automobile Engineering, the Chair of Vehicle Mechatronics as well as Automobile Engineering was completed. The two existing halls were extended, the design of the outdoor facilities and media development took place on the entire property August-Bebel-Straße 32.
Seven further test benches were built for research work, including vehicle simulation and autonomous driving. In addition, further functional rooms for the analysis of components and for the electrical system were built. In this construction phase, all social and recreational rooms were added.
Project duration
Period: January 18, 2016 - July 31, 2023
Funding amount
Total amount of eligible expenditure: € 26,642,769
New construction research building Institute for Energy Technology
Brief description
This construction measure served to create new research buildings for hydrogen and nuclear energy technology, refrigeration, kyro and compressor technology and a cooling tower test laboratory. The main areas of research are concept developments on strategic energy issues of the Free State of Saxony, development of novel energy direct conversion processes for low-CO2 useful energy supply and joint projects on mobile cooling.
Project duration
Period: 1st December 2017 until 31st December 2022
Subsidy amount
Total eligible expenditure: approximately € 9.7 million
New laboratory building and cfaed institute building
Brief description
The new building, with offices and highly specialised laboratory space, which was handed over in summer 2018, represents a central resource for the Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden. It was built within three years as an extended replacement for the south wing of the heritage-protected Barkhausen building on the TU Dresden campus. With the implemented space allocation plan, a coherent new space for cooperative research was created. In addition, the positioning of the new building as part of the Barkhausen Building, in the direct vicinity of the Andreas-Pfitzmann Building, the Hermann-Krone Building and the institute buildings on Mommsenstrasse created a direct proximity to important disciplines.
The construction measures included the significantly enlarged replacement of a complete wing of the building and extensive conversion work in other areas of the Barkhausen building, as well as the construction of an additional single-storey new building in the inner courtyard. A total of 5,100 m² of usable space - of which about 1,230 m² are experimental and laboratory areas -was created for research. The construction measures were funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
The microscopy rooms, which are the technical heart of the Dresden Center for Nanoanalysis (DCN), were the most challenging part of the building. The installation and operation of high-precision microscopes require extremely low-vibration rooms. The building structure was therefore connected to the granite rock level at a depth of 18 metres by a dense concrete support grid consisting of 130 individual columns. Furthermore, an almost flow-free temperature control of the microscopy rooms at an almost constant room temperature as well as high sound insulation requirements had to be ensured. The rooms were also equipped with elaborate MU metal magnetic field shields.
An infrastructure on the most modern technical level was created, which enables the DCN to support the committed research projects of the cfaed research cluster by providing the latest nanoanalytical methods.
Project duration
Period: 13th January 2014 until 31st December 2019
Subsidy amount
Total eligible expenditure: approximately € 35.5 million
New building Centre for Innovation Competence B CUBE
Brief description
This project involved the construction of a new building to house the Centre for Innovation Competence B CUBE. The conditions were created to accommodate eight research groups and three technology platforms that conduct research in the fields of bioprospection, biomimetic materials and bio-nano tools.
Project duration
Period: 30th March 2015 until 30th September 2019
Subsidy amount
Total eligible expenditure: approximately € 20.7 million
Vehicle Test Center of the IAD 1st Construction Phase
Brief description
A Vehicle Test Center is being built at the Dresden Institute of Automobile Engineering. Testing bench halls will be converted and renovated. In the first construction phase, an area of hall 127 of the Institute of Automobile Engineering, Chair of Automobile Engineering was rebuilt and renovated for seven test benches.
In addition to the partial development of the site, the high hall area was equipped with an efficient electrical supply, central ventilation and cooling systems, a central hydraulic and compressed air supply, as well as two individual vibrating platforms (340t and 140t) with level control to decouple the test benches.
With the commissioning, ultra-modern test benches are available, which observe the complete vehicle as well as individual components in research/teaching.
Project duration
Period: July 25, 2013 - June 30, 2015
Funding amount
Total amount of eligible expenditure: € 4,506,703