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Angela Merkel's road to power...

...led her more than once to Adlershof:

Few traces remain of the Central Institute for Physical Chemistry in the suburb of Adlershof, part of the East German Academy of Sciences. The campus is now a business park, and the building where Merkel had her…

Matchmaking Event with Otaniemi Science Park

How about doing business in Finnland:

Contact Carolin Domann WISTA-MANAGEMENT GMBH // International CooperationRudower Chaussee 17, D-12489 BerlinPhone: +49 (0) 30 6392 2223Fax:     +49 (0) 30 6392 2204E-mail: domann@wista.de Downloads …

Adlershof Special 9: Microsystems

Cover Story: Well equiped: Product miniaturisation:

Microsystems engineering in Berlin – a success story // Research as the driving power // Keyhole medicine and turbine inspections // Fresh meat guaranteed // New Center for Microsystems and Materials: A vibrant place…

Research as the driving power

In Adlershof the policies of strategic partnerships culminate in successful spinoffs in many fields of microsystem technologies. One of the drives behind this trend is the Ferdinand Braun Institute for High Frequency…

Keyhole medicine and turbine inspections

The tip is occupied by the camera, hidden in the endoscope’s shaft. Designed by the Adlershof company MGB Endoskopische Geräte GmbH Berlin to help doctors gain a better view in the abdominal cavity the device presents…

Fresh meat guaranteed

The controller aims his scanner like a pistol at the joint of pork. The small yet subtle difference: He won’t be making any holes. Instead the laser light is reflected and returns a wealth of information on the…

Center for Photonics and Optics

Location: Carl-Scheele Str. 16, 12489 BerlinUse: Offices, LabsArchitects: Matthias Sauerbruch, Louisa Hutton, Coordination: Fraunhofer Management mit Bauplanung Stoessel, Buildt: June 1996 - Mach 1998Investment: 51…

Center for Bio Technology I

Location: Volmerstraße 9, 12489 BerlinUse: Offices, LabsArchitects: Eisele + Fritz, Bott, Hilka, Begemann (Darmstadt)Coordination: Fraunhofer Management GmbH, München, mit Bauplanung Stoessel, MünchenBuildt: August…

A vibrant place for encounters

A whole shelf of folders bears the letters ZMM, the abbreviation for the Centre of Microsystems Engineering and Materials whose foundation stone was laid in the summer of 2009. Over thirty million euros was invested…

Living environment with intelligence

Dr. Klaus-Dieter Lang, deputy director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration, on challenges, possible application and the leap from micro- to nanosystems Smart system integration is seen to…

Center for Bio Technology II

Location: Magnusstraße 11, 12489 BerlinArchitect: Büro Henn Architekten München/Berlin More on Bio Technology.

Center for IT and Media Technology

Location: Albert-Einstein-Str. 14, 12489 BerlinUse: Offices Architects: CEPECED bv, Delft (Michiel Cohen und Jan Pesman), DGI Bauwerk Berlin (Bernd Tibes)Coordination: Drees & Sommer GmbH, BerlinBuildt: December 1996…

Johann von Neumann- House

Location: Albert-Einstein-Str. 14, 12489 BerlinUse: Offices of Humboldt-UniversityArchitects: Dörr Ludolf Wimmer Architekten BDA, BerlinCoordination: Drees & Sommer GmbH, BerlinBuildt: November 1996 - Dezember…

Microsystems engineering in Berlin – a success story

Today trendsetting, competitive products are virtually inconceivable without microsystems engineering – and Berlin is ideally equipped for this trend, adopting as it does a top position in a nationwide comparison of…

Well equiped

Product miniaturisation enjoys equally great significance for both science and industry. The range of applications for Microsystems is virtually unlimited, extending over logistics, security, quality surveillance in…

Adlershof Special 8: Real Estate

Location quality as a formula for success: Adlershof as a role model of site development:

A Quality Location – Recipe for Success // Thinking Big: Significance of Adlershof as a location // Networks and ideas: Dachland's new head office // Sustainability in Development and Architecture: „Wohnen am Campus“…

Thinking Big

Today, after almost two decades of planning and development, a look at the significance of Adlershof as a location past, present and future reveals surprising insights and opens up new perspectives. The city of…

A Quality Location – Recipe for Success

Adlershof – developed into a successful science and technology park within the space of only a few years – today stands as a model of location development, thanks to a forward-looking approach to planning and a…

Networks and ideas

The completion date is October 2010: Dachland GmbH will be settling in its new head office directly opposite the solar module manufacturer Solon SE, which has also built here its new headquarters. Dachland GmbH has…

Sustainability in Development and Architecture

Currently, there is just a large green meadow, but in charts and drafts this space has already been marked in yellow. “Wohnen am Campus” is the name of the project that planner Christof Hamm and his colleagues at…