Construction Site Trip to Linz – Worth It!

The first destination of the day trip was the construction site of the four-part building ensemble “QUADRILL” by the BODNER Group on the grounds of the Tabakfabrik. It extends up to 16.5 m deep and, with Linz’s tallest building, approximately 109 m high once construction is completed. The project, currently in shell construction, was designed by Zechner & Zechner Architekten. A big thank you at this point to the Dywidag team for the tour of the construction site! After a fortifying lunch, the group continued to the “Med Campus I” of the medical faculty of Kepler University, another major project in which Thomas Lorenz ZT GmbH served as structural engineer. Here, the 4 structures subsequently erected on the existing garage could be viewed inside and out “in real life.” In 2016, Lorenzateliers won the EU-wide general planning competition for this project, and the building was opened in the fall two years ago. The highlight is the globally unique “JKU medSPACE” – a 9 m high black box inside the laboratory building where the anatomy of the human body can be experienced virtually in 8K and 3D. Many thanks at this point to Vice Rector Mag.^a Dr.ⁱⁿ Elgin Drda, client representative DIⁱⁿ Pia Goldmann, and head of the Chair of Virtual Morphology Univ.-Prof. Dr. Franz Fellner for the opportunity to visit, the tour of the campus, and the impressive insights into virtual anatomy! At the same time, the future construction site of the new “Bed and Functional Wing” could also be inspected. On this site, a new bed and functional wing as well as a new operational kitchen are to be built by 2030 with construction costs of approximately EUR 165 million. Thomas Lorenz is responsible for structural engineering on this project as part of the general planner team JSWD Architekten. Following the educational and informative day, the trip concluded with a pleasant dinner at Pöstlingberg-Schlössl with a breathtaking view over the city of Linz.