The buil­ding, which was plan­ned and desi­gned by Draht­ler Archi­tek­ten from Dort­mund, hou­ses inter­di­sci­pli­na­ry teams from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Duisburg-Essen in the field of nano­sci­en­ces. In addi­ti­on to the extra­or­di­na­ry func­tion­a­li­ty of the labo­ra­to­ry and office are­as, the high aes­the­tic demands, both on the archi­tec­tu­re and on the equip­ment of the buil­ding for the con­trol sys­tem, are a chall­enge.
The simp­le straight­ness is also a model for the gra­phics of the signage system.