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RISC Extension


Video presented at the opening ceremony. It shows the materialization of the building.

It was more than twenty years ago that Bruno Buchberger moved with the RISC Institute (Research Institute for Symbolic Computation) from the main campus of JKU (Johannes Kepler University Linz) to Hagenberg. The medieval castle of Hagenberg, which had just been renovated by the upper austrian government, was now the new home for RISC. Since then, many things have changed in Hagenberg: the Meierhof turned into the Softwarepark, the University for Applied Sciences was founded by RISC, new companies moved to the Softwarepark, student dorms, etc. Also RISC has been growing continuously, so that space in the castle is now exhausted: RISC must expand!

Planned by the renowned architects Riepl&Riepl Architekten from Linz, who have also conducted the award-winning renovation of the castle 25 years ago, the RISC expansion will be located to the north of the castle just next to the existing pond. It will be a two-story building to the east of the pond leaning towards the slope along the parking area with its main entrance from the north. The flat roof of the building will not reach higher than the current street level, so from the parking lot the building will expand downwards. Towards the park and the pond the building will be equipped with a glass facade.

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The upper floor will have a seminar room, project offices and social areas, the lower floor will mainly consist of smaller office units and a visitors office. An extra entrance from the south gives easy access to the building when connecting to or from the castle.

News

June 27, 2013 (week 26):
Opening ceremony. We have pictures and even a movie from the whole ceremony.
May 29, 2013 (week 22):
People start to move into the new building.
May 28, 2013 (week 22):
New pictures.
May 16, 2013 (week 20):
Final inspection by representatives from the JKU.
May 14, 2013 (week 20):
Final metal covering on the roof. Final painting inside, furniture, details here and there. The ground already turns green around the building!
April 30, 2013 (week 18):
Office furniture arrived.
April 23, 2013 (week 17):
Renewed asphalt coating of the street. Surface finish on the roof. Gardening and tree planting.
April 16, 2013 (week 16):
Wooden staircase inside finished. Renovation of concrete surfaces. Parking lot finished.
April 5, 2013 (week 14):
Doors inside installed. Parking facilities and street reconstruction started.
March 13, 2013 (week 11):
Opening ceremony fixed for Thursday June 27, 2013.
February 26, 2013 (week 9):
Painting of inside walls almost finished, beginning installation of wooden floors.
February 13, 2013 (week 7):
Isolation of roof completed.
December 1, 2012 (week 48):
New pictures.
November 12, 2012 (week 46):
Windows being installed.
October 22, 2012 (week 43):
New pictures.
October 11, 2012 (week 41):
The entrance building is almost completed.
August 30, 2012 (week 35):
New pictures.
August 26, 2012 (week 35):
The ceiling of the upper floor has been built.
August 21, 2012 (week 34):
We can use the street again.
August 2, 2012 (week 31):
The walls of the upper floor are erected.
August 1, 2012 (week 31):
The ceiling of the ground floor has been built.
July 24, 2012 (week 30):
New pictures.
July 20, 2012 (week 29):
The walls of the lower floor are erected.
July 12, 2012 (week 28):
The ground plate is there.
June 29, 2012 (week 26):
The hillside is freshly secured, construction works may continue.
May 11, 2012 (week 19):
A water pipe under the street (behind the freshly secured concrete layer) bursts. The street collapses and falls into the construction area. Unfortunately, the support lines for water, electricity, gas, telephone, and internet are damaged and we have no internet until May 14.
April 22, 2012 (week 16):
Material from under the street falls down into the construction area. Additional measures to secure the area need to be taken.
March 28, 2012 (week 13):
The digger arrives.

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