The research centre, CBBM, Center of Brain, Behavior and Metabolism at the University of Lübeck provides research spaces for 320 scientists, medical experts and students from the fields of brain, hormones and behaviour. Besides the high functional demands the concept of the building takes aspects of interdisciplinary research into special account. The CBBM is coordinator of joint research projects and engages in promoting young science professionals.
Two bright, light-flooded atria form the communicative centre. They are connected to one another in the centre of the building by a large bridge and several flights of stairs.
Here, small lounge areas and tea kitchens invite students as well as teachers to have informal encounters, fostering an interdisciplinary exchange among the various teams. Around the atria, laboratory clusters, sleep labs and glucose clamp units, all glazed from floor to ceiling, allow the observation of the scientists’ work. Four seminar rooms on the ground floor, three of which can be divided into smaller units, are linked to the multifunctional lobby.
