Prior to entering into a purchase agreement and getting started with the first plans, the property and the existing building were surveyed according to the Standard of Building Biology Testing Methods. The pictures show how Johannes Schmidt, a member of the IBN team, takes measurements of, for example, radio-frequency radiation (RF) and radioactivity.Based on the […]
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Pictures of the previous building
For the new IBN headquarters, we have been looking for a suitable project/property for a long time. In the end, we found the right project in Rosenheim (Upper Bavaria, Germany): a small one-story grocery store, which had been built in 1955 and most recently had been selling beverages. The new IBN headquarters are easily accessible […]
Symbol between sky, air, and water
Art derives from skill or knowledge (nosse aut posse), maybe from both; certainly, both great skill and great knowledge are necessary to create art. He who has knowledge but no skills is a theorist; therefore he cannot be trusted with actually making something; he who has skills but no knowledge is a mere craftsman—when both […]
A new building for the IBN headquarters
Forerunners of the current Institute of Building Biology + Sustainability IBN include the Healthy Building + Living Working Group (Arbeitsgruppe Gesundes Bauen + Wohnen) (1969-1976), the Institute of Building Biology (Institut für Baubiologie) (1976-1983), as well as the Institute of Building Biology + Ecology Neubeuern (Institut für Baubiologie + Ökologie Neubeuern) (1983-2014). In 2014, […]
