Topping-out ceremony for the new MMMI II building 13 Dec. 2022 at 12
The first sod for the construction was taken on 9 February this year and now the floors are under roof. That was celebrated with a topping-out ceremony on Tuesday 13 Dec. at 12 in the large "Dream Lab" area in the new building.
Establishing a new building for the university is a complicated process. It was carried out in collaboration between SDU, Byggestyrelsen and the AP Møller Foundation and the architectural firm CUPO, EKJ as consulting engineers and the contractor TC Anlæg, which is responsible for the main contract.
The artist for the project is ceramicist Ursula Nistrup, who produces 5 outdoor sculptures together with Tommerup Keramiske Værksted.
Pavillion 4 will make way for the landscaping at the Mærsk buildings and the spaces that disappear will be covered in the new building.
The building has 90 offices which will primarily be used by the fields of computer software, welfare technology and drones.
There are 144 project rooms to be used by engineering students from all our disciplines. There will be easy access for the students with the footbridge to building 44.
In addition to this, there is a direct connection in the basement between our large Industry 4.0. laboratory and the new building. Mobile robots will be able to drive this way to get over to the workshop and the two laboratories in the new building.
The construction is on schedule and if it continues as expected, TEK will be able to move into the building at the end of August 2023.
The building needs to be furnished and furniture is to be purchased for some of the rooms and common areas. Orders for furniture and other interiors are decided at the beginning of the new year, when the construction has progressed further, and the plan and timing can be assessed better.
The relocation of offices must be planned in the spring so that they can be carried out in August when it may be holiday for some.
There is a room in this new building that does not already have an equivalent at the university. It is "Dream Lab", which is the large area in the middle of the building that runs all the way through the 4 floors from the basement to the roof.
Here students can do projects in teams, some of which will compete with other teams at other universities. SDU Vikings is a good example, which is known for many years to have made racing cars that, among other things, has competed at the Silverstone track in England. The latest model will be able to be driven directly into the large lift, which has a door opening of 1.3 meters and a depth of 2.5 meters.
Another team is called DISCO, which will monitor satellites with a parabolic antenna on the roof of TEK and will perhaps build a satellite themselves. It is a collaboration between students at Natural Sciences and TEK.
The room is new and new things must happen. The ceiling is so high that the students will be able to raise a tower or a rocket. The aim is to promote innovation, design, technology and entrepreneurship. Many of the activities will take place outside the students' teaching hours. It must be nice to stay there in the evening too.