Pharmaceutical Institute and Laboratory, Salzburg Building Renovation, Architecture Images
Pharmaceutical Institute and Laboratory in Salzburg
7 July 2020
Pharmaceutical Institute and Laboratory, Austria
Design: Berger+Parkkinen
Location: Strubergasse 15, 6020 Salzburg, Austria

The Paracelsus Medical Private University (PMU) in Salzburg was founded in 2004. In 2017 the curriculum could be expanded to include the study of pharmacy. In order to provide space for the new students, a new institute and laboratory building had to be available in time for the summer semester 2018. As a result of the relocation of a printing plant on the property directly adjacent to the university, an ideal site was available for a new building.
Berger+Parkkinen Architects were commissioned with the planning of the new Pharmaceutical Institute and Laboratory building in January 2016.
The property, which extends into the depths, connects Strubergasse with Wallnergasse, and thus reaches up to the elevated railway embankment. The volumetry of the structure represents a continuation of the north-south oriented volumes of the buildings on the public utility area, and also fits into the context in terms of scale.
Thus, a coherent building structure was created across three development areas, beginning south of MaxglanerHauptstraße, via Strubergasse to Wallnergasse. The new urban body thus consolidated, with the new House D as the keystone, creates a connection along Gaswerkgasse to Mülln, where a r...