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| BAM in European Southern Observatory office expansion project BAM Deutschland AG, the German non-residential building company of Royal BAM Group, has been awarded the contract for the design and construction of the expansion of the offices of the European Southern Observatory (ESO - the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere) in Garching, thirteen kilometres north-east of Munich. The project value is approximately €24 million. The project will be completed by BAM Deutschland in August 2013. The project involves a new office and conference building and a technical building with a total floor surface area of about 17,000 m². The three-storey office and conference building will consist of three circular sections (A, B and C) which will be designed to look as if they float. The building will feature a unique 'zigzag' glass façade system, reflecting the existing headquarters and the landscape as a fractured image. The project has been designed by the Auer + Weber + Assoziierte firm of architects in Munich. ESO is a leading international astronomical organisation in Europe and the most productive observatory in the world. On behalf of its fifteen member states, it operates three locations in Chile: La Silla, Paranal and Chajnantor. In order to make space for the massive telescope equipment on Cerro Paranal, BAM International removed approximately 25 metres from the top of the mountain in 1992. write your comments about the article :: © 2012 Construction News :: home page |