Science Park JKU Linz

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Science Park JKU Linz
Science Park JKU Linz
JKU Science Park
Basic data
Place: Linz , AUT
Construction time : Science Park 1: 2007 to 2009
Science Park 2: 2009 to 2011
Science Park 3: 2009 to 2012
Architect : caramel architecture

The Science Park of the JKU Linz was built in 2007 in Linz in Upper Austria by the Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft and was largely completed in 2012. The building comprises several components and is described as a highly modern and architecturally spectacular campus center. In total, the Science Park consists of 5 parts, with parts 1 to 3 already completed. Components 4 and 5 are currently under construction.

The Science Park won first prize at the archip award 2010 - international architecture award.

Geographical location

The Science Park is an extension of the campus to the southeast and is located east along Altenberger Straße. The Science Park is connected to the rest of the campus by means of an underpass.

history

The building project was presented to the public for the first time in 2000/01 by the rectorate of the university and was further specified in 2002. In 2005, an EU-wide single-stage architecture competition took place. The participating architects were asked to work out a “sophisticated solution” that would give the area an unmistakable identity. From all entries, the six judges selected a total of six designs, which received prize money totaling € 99,000 (1st place: € 30,000). Caramel Architekten won the first prize in the tender, the second prize went to Gerber Architekten GmbH and the third prize to the architects Schneider and Sendelbach.

building

Science Park 1 (mechatronics building)

JKU Science Park inside

The first part of the Science Park was officially opened on October 9, 2009 with a symbolic handover of the keys to the then Rector Hagelauer and is located closest to the neighboring Altenberger Straße. When planning the individual buildings, several aspects came up that had to be taken into account. For example, it was necessary to establish a connection between the individual buildings and the rest of the campus and to take into account the adjacent residential buildings. Furthermore, the natural shape of the slope, as well as the important downwinds , which contribute to the cooling of the city and the poor building ground, had to be taken into account.

The architectural goal when building the Science Park was to unite business and research on the campus of the University of Linz . In order to create a fair working atmosphere, they made do with the design of open areas, which should serve to promote exchange and liveliness. In addition, the kinking of the buildings completely exhausted the area of ​​the property. The result was a better distribution of the different room situations and instead of a rigid grid structure, a more modern style was created. In order to create a large number of rooms inside that can serve as communication meeting points, the building was designed as a double-hipped structure. Through the glazed central area and the interior hall, the light can penetrate into the lower floors and thus additional communication areas could be created.

In order to take existing buildings into account, horizontal kinks were introduced. In addition, the height development of the building takes over the upper edge of the slope as the boundary in the north and the eaves edge of the residential buildings in the south. Not only because of the consideration for the neighboring neighbors, but also as part of a game with the front edge, which becomes a modulated form in the sum of the construction stages, the south side bends back again. An important part of the overall project was that the building crouches into the site. For this reason, the slope was excavated and a basement was built on this side. On this floor there are special rooms and workshops, and this floor also connects all three components. There are office wings above this floor, between which the landscape flows into the area. Regarding the connection between Science Park and the rest of the campus, it was difficult to find a solution, as the busy Altenbergerstraße separates the two areas. By lowering the Science Park site, Altenberger Strasse could be submerged. For this purpose, the area was lowered so that the underpass can be reached at ground level on the Science Park side and a long ramp through the park to the cafeteria on the rest of the campus side.

The entrance to the Science Park could be designed so that the first part of the Science Park protrudes above the underpass. However, due to the large span and the deflection, the supporting structure had to be designed as a bridge construction. Two massive cores support a 160 meter long steel suspension structure. In addition to the hanging structure , the facade was also designed statically. The parapets were not arranged at random, but at the points of greatest deflection. This creates a diversifying effect on the outside and more uniqueness on the inside. Furthermore, this game is reinforced by different depths of the slats and different distances.

Science Park 2

The architectural play with kinks in the structure, outer shell and interior is continued in this component. In contrast to component 1, the axes and roof slopes are twisted, which can be seen when viewing the property from the south. Here, the object was given a right edge instead of a left edge. The roof of component 2 is dropping slightly as it moves upwards strongly to the north. At the rear, component 2 protrudes over component 1 by more than one floor.

The special-use rooms in component 2 will be pushed back into the site on the north side, on the ground floor, and the surface will be greened. In contrast to component 1, in which almost two thirds of the structure float freely, component 2 has a two-storey southern plinth . Another special feature of this component is that it also houses a larger library in addition to offices, laboratories and seminar rooms .

The upper floors are flooded with light and offer communication options. This provides the institutes located there with an adequate working atmosphere. In addition to the departments of mathematics and statistics , the Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics of the Austrian Academy of Sciences can also be found there.

Furthermore arise in this component by Einmietung of other research institutions, such as the Math Consult GmbH, RECENDT or the common holding companies JKU with the Upper Austrian Research GmbH various synergies . This also gives students new opportunities to participate in research work or practical projects.

Science Park 3

After around 2 years of construction, building 3, which offers 8,600 square meters of floor space, was officially opened on October 23, 2012 and cost around 28 million euros. The completed component is 86 meters long and offers space for around 230 employees.

The business informatics department and the entire informatics department are located on a floor space of around 8,600 m². With the completion of this component, the campus center was completed. The creases in the floor plan are architecturally striking, and there are cuts in the structure, outer shell and interior. As with component 1 and 2, two parallel bars grow up out of the base, which on a total of 6 floors offer not only office space but also space for seminar rooms and laboratories.

All three components of the Science Park were connected to one another by a flying roof that extends from building to building. In connection with the special room façades and the rear seated staircases, a kind of outdoor auditorium is created.

Since the Science Park was designed in an architecturally striking way outside, attempts were made to continue this inside. The main features that create identity are the interior atria with generous glazing and an open room design.

In addition to the architecture, attention was also paid to energy efficiency in the construction of the building. The building is heated and cooled using concrete core activation at a low temperature level. While part 1 is partially cooled by using the groundwater, this is done, as in part 2, by means of energy-efficient district cooling with free cooling operation. In addition, all ventilation systems are equipped with heat recovery systems.

There is also a charging facility for electric vehicles in the free car park.

Science Park 4 & 5

JKU Science Park underpass

In addition to the three buildings that have already been completed, the Science Park will be expanded to include two more components in the coming years. Science Park 4 will offer around 9,000 square meters of usable space and will be completed by the end of 2020. Just like the fourth part, Science Park 5 should also be completed by the end of 2020 and above all offer space for currently outsourced departments and institutes. Furthermore, the LIMAK Austrian Business School should also find a place in it. Science Park 5, like parts 1–3, is also being planned by the architects caramel Architektur. While Science Park 4 is directly southeast of Science Park 3, Science Park 5 is located on the open space between the cafeteria and the underpass to the rest of the Science Park. The fourth component of the Science Park will be constructed in a similar kinked shape as the buildings already erected, but compared to components 2 and 3 of the Science Park, the structure will not bend to the left, but to the right. In contrast, Science Park 5 is to be built in a U-shape and offer an inner courtyard towards the Science Park site.

  • Science Park underground car park

  • Science Park parking lot for electric cars

  • Science Park 2

  • Science Park information board

  • Outdoor auditorium (2)

  • Outdoor auditorium

  • Science Park 1 (3)

  • Science Park 1

  • Science Park 1 (2)

Motorway entrance

In order to reach the university even faster and to reduce through traffic, construction of a motorway access will start in autumn 2019. According to the construction plan, the new A7 half-connection Auhof will be completed in summer 2020 and cost a total of around 16 million euros. The idea for the new motorway connection came about 23 years ago, meanwhile the area where the project was supposed to be built has been built up by the Science Park.

Property

The history of the property on which the Science Park stands today goes back a long time. As early as 1938, the property with property number 1557/5 at that time in the possession of the Starhemberg Fideikommissherrschaft Landgut Auhof was sold by Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg together with some other properties to the SS for 90,000 Reichsmarks. The planning of the SS included the construction of a spacious SS barracks, garrison location of the 4th SS Leibstandarte , which were to be stationed here as troops for the "senior seat of the Führer". The area, several square kilometers in size, was to extend south to Freistädterstrasse. In order to realize the construction project, the SS head of administration, represented by SS-Obersturmbannführer Karl Mummenthey, began buying a total of 40 properties east and south of Auhof Castle in 1938. One of these land purchases is said to have taken place in the course of an Aryanization .

At the end of 1938, the plans for the SS barracks were revised and the land was instead sold to the German army, as they were also looking for a suitable garrison location. Therefore, in September 1938, the German army (Wehrmacht) became the owner of today's Science Park property for a purchase price of 500,000 Reichsmarks .

The planning of the German army was similar to that of the SS. The German army was also working on the construction of an infantry barracks. However, when the Second World War broke out in 1939, only part of the building could be completed. These buildings now contain apartments and some institutes of the JKU and are located south of the Science Park.

The SS originally planned to build a sports field for the SS barracks with a football field and a cinder track on the Science Park site . The later owner, the German army, deviated from this plan and built a prisoner-of-war camp there , which was known as the "Auhof Community Camp " or "Auhof Army Camp". During the Second World War, the facility served as a camp for prisoners of war from Italy and Croatia . In addition, evidence suggests that Russian soldiers were also held here.

On June 21, 1954, just before the deadline for registration for provisions expired, Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg's legal representative submitted an application for restitution for the property that his client had sold to the SS in 1938. Several parcels were affected, including today's Science Park site.

In the period from 1962 to 1963, a restitution resulted in a new property with the deposit number 1323 of the cadastral community of Katzbach . The legal successor Heinrich Rüdiger Starhemberg sold half of this property on February 18, 1965 to the state of Upper Austria and half to the city of Linz . This process led to the fact that the current property of the Science Park was now managed under the new deposit number 1323.

The deposit number 1323 is currently owned by Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft mbH and covers an area of ​​six hectares.

Web links

Commons : JKU  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

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Coordinates: 48 ° 20 ′ 8.4 ″  N , 14 ° 19 ′ 25 ″  E