The plan has been in place since 2019: The Paul-Ehrlich-Institut will remain in Langen and will receive a new building. On behalf of the Institute for Federal Real Estate (Bundesanstalt für Immobilienaufgaben), the State Office for Construction and Real Estate in Hesse (Landesbetrieb Bau und Immobilien Hessen, LBIH) has announced the invitation to tender for the architecture competition for the new building. The competition is preceded by an application round. Architecture firms can apply until 26 January 2023. If their application is successful, the firms can then take part in the competition. They must submit their designs for the new building by July 2023.
The "old" building of the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut in Langen. In the background, the future site of the new building.
Source: Paul-Ehrlich-Institut
The new complex will be built on an approximately 65,000 m² plot directly across from the currently used building. It is to comprise around 31,000 m² of usable area and will be divided into laboratory areas, office space, animal facilities, common areas (lecture hall, museum, cafeteria), logistics, and a parking garage. Open spaces will also be constructed around the complex. It is currently estimated that the planning and construction period will last 10 years.
The entries submitted will be evaluated on the basis of the following criteria: design idea or overall concept, functional and spatial specifications, sustainability, building regulations and cost-effectiveness. The new building will help the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut to ensure continued operations using the latest state-of-the-art technology in the future – an important prerequisite for fulfilment of its official duties as a scientific Federal Institute.
The Institute for Federal Real Estate (BImA), the federal government's centralised real estate institution, is the owner of the property on which the new building is to be built. The BlmA is also the owner of the new building, which it will rent out to the Federal Ministry of Health (user department) and to the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut (user and future operator). The Oberfinanzdirektion Frankfurt am Main is the regional authority responsible for building administration in the state of Hesse. Lastly, the State Office for Construction and Real Estate in Hesse will lead project implementation on the construction management level of the building administration authority for the state of Hesse.
Competition announcement (German only)
Press release (15/2019): New Paul-Ehrlich-Institut buildings will be constructed in Langen
New building project
Updated: 07.12.2022
