Innovation inspires curiosity

The open-space layout and the dynamically curved concrete platforms characterize the core of the new Technology and Knowledge Campus at Merck's facilities in Darmstadt. The Innovation Center houses state-of-the-art office space and infrastructure for project teams as well as start-up companies.

Müller-BBM also applied this integrated approach of usage when developing solutions for the facade and the acoustic design together with the planning team.

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Exchange of experience between experts

Since 2016, far more than 600 participants have taken part in Müller-BBM’s expert discussions and have played an active part in the conference with their contributions to the discussion. The exchange of experience between authorities, municipalities, plant operators and consultants has, in the meantime, become well established among experts in the field of urban land-use planning, noise control, plant safety and air quality control.

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New acoustics for the World Heritage Site

After only seven months of reconstruction works in the Joan Sutherland Theatre – the Sydney Opera House's real opera hall – the Opera Australia and the Australian Ballet were back on its stage. Both the orchestra and the audience now enjoy a completely upgraded and new kind of acoustics.

The installation of an innovative room enhancement system now ensures that the entire audience perceives a clear and transparent orchestra sound and, at the same time, an impressively vivid sound envelopment. Moreover, the acoustic conditions for the musicians in the orchestra pit have been improved significantly by means of optimized wall and ceiling claddings.

Acoustics with futuristic design

A converted steelworks in Esch Belval comprises the campus libraries of the University of Luxembourg in the new Luxembourg Learning Centre (LLC).The spacious dimensions of the former burden shed are subdivided by generous open stairways and elliptical platforms. In order to achieve a room acoustic attenuation of this open structure, a total of 15 km of sound absorbing baffle systems are installed on the soffit of the thermally activated steel concrete ceilings in a strictly linear arrangement.

Three-dimensional facade elements made of geometric patterns, an abstraction of particle depositions from the former steel production, provide for an ideal daylight illumination.

Sustainable wood building for interactive learning

The seminar and training center of the German Academy for International Cooperation combines the potential of a modern wood building with the highest design quality. The clustered building with open learning landscapes provides an ideal setting both for teachers and learners.

The DGNB certificate in gold (NBI 15) documents the exemplary sustainability of the project and the comprehensive consideration of ecological, economical, sociocultural and health aspects in planning and construction. Müller-BBM provided the planning with regard to building physics and coordinated the DGNB certification on the part of the general planner. This also included air pollutant measurements inside the building.

Music for everybody

The new venue for music and culture houses various important Tyrolean cultural bodies and music education facilities. The Large Hall, Small Hall, an intimate theater, [K2], music rehearsal rooms, a library and a restaurant are all located in a single building – either next to each other or on top of each other. The box-in-box construction, which decouples the concert and event halls in terms of structure-borne sound, as well as the ceiling, floor and wall structures of outstanding quality were combined with tailor-made room acoustic concepts and thus ensure an excellent acoustic standard in the Haus der Musik.

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Berlin's new canal-side apartment building

This impressive building, characterized by its structured facade with balconies protruding on all sides, was erected in one of the most important and promising areas of Berlin, the urban quarter Europacity. The high-quality residential building is one component in developing an area of approx. 40 hectares in close proximity to the Hamburger Bahnhof housing the Museum für Gegenwartskunst (Museum of Contemporary Art).

In order to enjoy works of art, the residents of the in total 120 condominiums do not even have to leave the building. On the ground floor, there is a prestigious art gallery exhibiting pictures as well as installations and sculptures by contemporary artists.

Living and working on the high seas

On offshore platforms, working and living takes place in an extremely confined space. Thus, it is even more important that the technical equipment like generators, drives and supply systems work as unobtrusively as possible.

Müller-BBM contributes to the protection of occupants and workers by designing suitable measures for noise and vibration control.

Acoustic management for greater comfort

Different means of transport have different impacts on noise and the environment. Müller-BBM helps to provide for quiet rail vehicles and railway lines by taking noise and vibration measurements, by planning the required measures and by offering consulting services concerning rail vehicles during the construction phase within the scope of the acoustic management.

Due to the low availability of railway lines, noise and vibration measurements are more and more often carried out at night.

Vibration monitoring during the construction phase

At present, the State Building Authority Weilheim carries out the renovation of the Venus Grotto at Linderhof Castle in Upper Bavaria. The aim is to repair the inner layer of the Grotto’s vaulted structure and to prevent the penetration of water on the mountainside in the future.

During the construction work at the support structure of the Grotto, which partly involves strong vibrations, Müller-BBM carries out a continuous vibration monitoring and, in case the previously defined limit values are exceeded, sends an alarm message to the building site. In this way, damages to the sensitive construction can be prevented.