A good infrastructure environment can help attract the most talented international researchers and the most ambitious students and we therefore give high priority to having a research infrastructure, buildings and a campus of the highest quality.
DTU is currently investing in facilities that will transform the University’s classic infrastructure in a reinterpretation of founder Niels Koppel’s original plan for the Lyngby campus.
‘Building 328’ is currently taking form along Elektrovej and will, when completed, bring together the activities of DTU Space in Lyngby. The building will include state-of-the-art laboratories to ensure that DTU will continue to rank among the elite space technology universities in the world. And while the largest environment for space research in Denmark is taking form, ‘Building 324’ is rising from the ground at the end of Matematiktorvet on Richard Petersens Plads. When completed in December 2012, the building will be the first transparent research and learning house in Denmark, housing students on its lower floor and researchers and lecturers on the two top floors. The vision is for the architecture to, among other things, make it easier for researchers and students to meet and exchange useful and innovative ideas.
The contractor Pihl, one of the leaders in Denmark within its field, has won the main contract for both buildings.