University Hospital Research and Institute Building

In addition to the medical centers, the 2nd construction phase of the new Jena University Hospital building also included the research and institute building as well as a 5-storey multi-storey parking lot with 1,300 parking spaces. The building complex with 50,000^m2 of usable space, 710 patient beds, 12 operating theaters and the spacious, light-flooded entrance hall was harmoniously integrated into the area surrounded by forest and park-like green spaces.

The construction was developed according to the principle of "as little supporting structure as possible - as much as necessary". Apart from the bracing staircase cores and elevator shafts, there are no load-bearing walls that would make it difficult to convert the building at a later date. A particular challenge was the bracing of 4 storeys above the column-free lecture hall. Column loads of 430 tons had to be transferred from the wide-span ceiling construction into the side walls of the lecture hall. MVD developed a prestressed ceiling construction without any beams to meet this requirement. This meant that the ventilation and media technology could be routed under the ceiling without interfering with the clear room height.