What’s behind it?

On May 2, 1957, the first concrete slab was laid in Hoyerswerda. In the construction of the former Ernst-Schneller-Strasse 9 – 13 (today’s Konrad-Zuse-Strasse 9 – 13) in residential complex number one (WK I), the slab produced in the Zeißig concrete plant was used. It is thus considered the first prefabricated building from industrial production in the Neustadt. The production and assembly of concrete slabs were not only faster but also cheaper. The prefabricated construction method still characterizes the cityscape today.

The “Center for Building and Living” picks this theme up once again, as a system building. With the structural change in Lusatia, a modern technical center is being created for the research network in the construction industry. A network of partners has formed around the Lusatian Technology Center (LAUTECH). This network brings the necessary portfolio and specific know-how to develop industrially manufactured construction elements “MADE IN LAUSITZ” with the latest technology.

The bundling of entrepreneurial and scientific expertise in the BauRaumWerk® creates solutions for the digitalization backlog in the construction industry in combination with industrial, modular manufacturing. This simultaneously counteracts the worsening shortage of skilled workers in the industry. The decarbonization of the building sector is being pursued through the use of sustainable resources. With a clearly defined one-fits-all approach, spatial solutions can be adapted in terms of area and volume through a modular space concept.

Here is a short video on the topic:

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At a glance:

• Creation of a living lab with a focus on building technology as a lighthouse project for innovation in the field of system building and serial renovation
• In the “Center for Building and Living”, research will focus on solutions for the increasingly urgent key topics of new, sustainable and bio-based materials as well as automated manufacturing technologies and serial renovation
• Project content: Conversion and utilization of a vacant industrial hall of LAUTECH in the Zeißig industrial park (city of Hoyerswerda) for joint research and development with partners from science and the construction industry
• Creation of various utilization units, e.g. production hall with control room, laboratory, seminar room, material storage and others

Contribution to structural change:

• Creation of 15 jobs and 10 trainee positions
• Economic diversification by establishing and strengthening sectors outside lignite-fired power generation (e.g. construction industry)

Facts and figures:

Source: https://sas-sachsen.de/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/Pressemappe_20220601.pdf