Article: Functional biology: providing an open forum for a closed scientific community, this new research institute in Dresden civilizes its large scale by inventive use of materials and light.(Max Planck Institute)(related article: Architect)(Brief Article)

Biotechnology is one of the two specialist fields (the other being microelectronics), on which Dresden is rebuilding its post-1989 economy. The Max Planck Institute (MPI) has assumed a leading role in 'Biopolis Dresden' by founding a new international molecular cell biology and genetic research centre. A made-to-measure building solution was speedily agreed on when a promising group of scientists threatened to move to a city more sensitive to their needs. Dresden's hospital handed over a site they had reserved for their future extension and the usual architectural competition process was dispensed with. The Finnish practice Heikkinen-Komonen were commissioned as ...

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