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© Werner Huthmacher
The message seems to be reaching more and more building clients that architecture can also play a signal role in research buildings. The aim is not just to provide scientists with ideal functional spaces where they can carry out their experiments smoothly, but also to present the particular institution in an appropriate and unmistakable form to the outside world. What’s more, structures of this kind should provide research people with an agreeable working environment, for in the competition to attract the best assistants, engaging factors of this kind certainly play a role.