Snøhetta?s MAX IV Laboratory Landscape Design will open in June on the edge of Lund, Sweden. Selected for the project in 2011, Snøhetta?s design fills 47-acres (19 hectares) of formerly agricultural lands northeast of the city, and is the first project in a larger masterplan to transform the Brunnsho?g area into a ?Science City.? The MAX IV national laboratory is a synchrotron facility with two electron storage rings, and is jointly operated by the Swedish Research Council and Lund University.

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Snøhetta?s MAX IV Laboratory Landscape Design will open in June on the edge of Lund, Sweden. Selected for the project in 2011, Snøhetta?s design fills 47-acres (19 hectares) of formerly agricultural lands northeast of the city, and is the first project in a larger masterplan to transform the Brunnsho?g area into a ?Science City.? The MAX IV national laboratory is a synchrotron facility with two electron storage rings, and is jointly operated by the Swedish Research Council and Lund University.
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Snøhetta?s mountainous, wave-like design had several guiding strategies: Mitigate ground vibrations (a nearby highway generates sound waves that can disturb research, but are disrupted by the landscape conditions) Mass balance (to create the site?s wavelike form by shifting earth, not importing new soil)  Storm water management (the city limits water ...