CEREMONIAL HANDOVER OF THE CENTER FOR MATERIALS, ARCHITECTURE AND INTEGRATION OF NANOMEMBRANES – MAIN – AT THE TU CHEMNITZ

On 13 August, during the course of a festive celebration, Minister of Finance Dr. Matthias Haß and Minister of Science Dr. Eva-Maria Stange handed over the keys to the new research building to Prof. Dr. Uwe Götze, attending as the representative of the TU Chemnitz president.

The MAIN research center now serves as a Europe-wide, unique interdisciplinary center for the investigation of anorganic and hybrid nanomembranes for the TU Chemnitz.

The research building in the Rosenbergstraße was built under the direction of the Chemnitz branch of the Sächsisches Immobilien- und Baumanagement (SIB) [Saxonian Real Estate and Construction Management, Public Company]. With the aid of 34.3 million euros of invest-ment funds by the Free State of Saxony, financed through development funds, approximately 3900 m² productive floor space could be created for laboratories of various faculties, part of which are 420 m² clean room areas, office space, as well as conference and engineering rooms. There is room now for 115 positions.

KREBS+KIEFER, from their Dresden location, provided the structural engineering services and building physics (thermal protection/ soundproofing). Due to very sensitive measurement requirements in the nano range the nearly 4000 m² building had to be built particularly vibration-free. It rests on a 1.6 m thick reinforced concrete floor slab. In addition, special consideration was given to the protected monuments surrounding the buildings and their integration as part of the new entrance to the technology center of the TU.

We want to provide the space for researchers of the various faculties to come together successfully and create new ideas for joint developments.