(Photo: MFM/Wibberg, from left to right): Prof. Johannes Wessels, Rector of the University of Münster, Dr Christoph Hoppenheit, Business Director of the Münster University Hospital, Prof. Frank Ulrich Müller, Dean of the medical faculty, Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen, NRW Minister of Culture and Science, Prof. Hugo Van Aken, Medical Director of Münster University Hospital, Lord Mayor of Münster Markus Lewe, District President Dorothee Feller and Dr Theodore Windhorst, former President of the Westphalia-Lippe Medical Association, broke gound for the major Research Campus East project today.

On the occasion of start of construction at the Medical Research Centre and the Münster Body and Brain Institute, the office of the dean of the University of Münster medical faculty and the board of Münster University Hospital hosted the ground breaking ceremony for the Research Campus East on 16 January 2020.

The new Münster University Hospital research campus could also become an important element in a new, attractive district in Münster. Lord Mayor Markus Lewe and University Rector Johannes Wessels both said this at the ground breaking ceremony.

The design is distinguished by its clear structuring and integration into the urban development context. A thoroughfare runs through the building and connects directly to the open stairway that links all levels of the building to create a communication-enhancing core.

Drawing on the existing buildings, the façade design envisages a rear-ventilated clinker façade for the plinth floor, while the upper levels are wrapped with storey-high glazing that is structured by a lightweight aluminium construction.