3rd quarter of 2011
Dear Colleagues,
We want to reply to the many requests for information about the new building
and tell you what has been achieved so far and about the next steps. We will
establish a format whereby emails marked "Building information" will
be numbered consecutively to keep you informed at irregular intervals about the
current situation regarding the new building.
The preparations for the start of the new building are in full swing. Now that
all the necessary regulatory and procedural interests have been taken into
account with, e.g., the building design, building supervision, conservation,
environmental protection, water protection, and nature protection authorities
... and of course the fire and police services, and are largely completed, our
design by the architects BHBVT has now also been reviewed and approved by the
so-called "Gestaltungsrat" of the city of Potsdam, a panel of
recognized experts in the fields of architecture and urban planning. The design
was the only one of the eight designs reviewed that was highly praised and
described as trendsetting.
In parallel, the financing of the project has been secured. The new building
represents a total investment of € 17.131 million. The available budgetary
resources available from our funding bodies, however, do not cover the whole
volume of cost. We had to have other ideas here in order to get the needed
additional funding for the building. According to the spirit of the PIK
statues, the new building should also respect the responsible management of the
resources used. Here, issues of sustainability of the materials used and the
effective use of waste heat from the high-performance computer play an
essential role.
We therefore looked for other funding sources and concepts and were delighted
to obtain the support of the Federal Economics Ministry and the Project
Management Jülich in establishing our own funding programme named EnEff:Campus,
based on the energy-efficient building programmes EnEff City or EnEff heat.
From this, energy-efficient measures for the new research building will be
financed, as well as the setting up of an energy concept for the whole of Telegrafenberg.
PIK in conjunction with the TU Dresden will develop, plan and realise an
innovative building and system solution, with the aim of achieving energy
optimization with a saving of at least a 50% on the values of the energy saving
regulation ENEV2009, given the particular conditions of the Telegrafenberg
campus. The PIK building as a research object is the motto here. The idea is to
research the new building - which consists of three cylinders in its
cubature and incorporates, among other things, different types innovative
insulation technology - by means of a long-term monitoring assessment
carried out by the Technical University of Dresden as regards the use of
resources (including the so-called embodied energy).
The approval of the building application, we expect mid / late September 2011.
Then we'll start with the demolition of buildings A50 and 55, with setting up
and securing the building site and with the necessary felling operations. The
actual construction begins the following spring when the soil is sufficiently
frost-free. For budgetary reasons, the construction will not be finished until
mid to late 2014. Towards completion of the building, the new
high-performance computers will be installed and then, in late 2014 / early
2015 then the first people will move in. In this context I would also respond
to the many requests to know who is going to move into the new building.
We will plan the allocation of office spaces together with the RD Chairs,
the works council and the equal opportunities officer, and will provide an
opportunity for comment. The planning for this will only be done in 2014
because the decisions can only be made on the basis of the actual staff then at
PIK.
Whoever would like to learn more about the new building is cordially invited to
a presentation by the architect Mr. Tebroke from the architectual firm BHBVT on
Sept. 27th in lecture hall of House H at 11 o´clock ; he will introduce our new
building and present architectural drawings and computer simulations. The
presentation will be in German (we ask for the understanding of non-German
speakers).
For
questions we are gladly at your disposal,
with best regards
Your construction team
Lothar Lindenhan
Sven Oliver Arndt
