Reconstruction of the IOCB Prague campus and the extension with the new building received the German Design Award Special Mention 2019 in the Excellent Communications Design / Architecture category. The authors of the recognized project are VPÚ DECO PRAHA a.s., Ivan Šrom & Kateřina Mašková.
The project covered a full reconstruction and technological modernization of the existing structures and extension of the facility with the new building, with the objective of creating a well-arranged, logically segmented campus in compliance with the needs of the current top-level scientific workplace. The re/construction works were carried out in 2010-2017.
The jury especially recognized the new building for organic chemistry labs: “The skeletal steel structure appears to be the only thing containing the balloon-like dilation. A fantastic building design that also radiates pleasant transparency and candor due to its all-round glazing.”
[Source: German Design Award]
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