The new building is promoted by Ikerbasque, the Basque Foundation for Science, and it will house scientific groups from the Basque Country that work in key areas of research identified in the IKUR Strategy of the Basque Government. Specifically, it is expected to accommodate a total of 300 researchers in the areas of quantum computing, neutronics, supercomputing, advanced chemistry, new materials and polymers. The new building will also house the new laboratories of the BERC Polymat research center of excellence that investigates advanced polymers.
The new building is promoted by Ikerbasque, the Basque Foundation for Science, and it will house scientific groups from the Basque Country that work in key areas of research identified in the IKUR Strategy of the Basque Government. Specifically, it is expected to accommodate a total of 300 researchers in the areas of quantum computing, neutronics, supercomputing, advanced chemistry, new materials and polymers. The new building will also house the new laboratories of the BERC Polymat research center of excellence that investigates advanced polymers.
The construction of this new scientific infrastructure aims to respond to the firm commitment of the Basque Government to continue promoting science of excellence, and with it, the desire to house new leading research groups in the Basque Country. The scientific production of the Basque Country has doubled in the last decade. Ikerbasque's scientific community already has more than 300 researchers, in whose research groups more than 1,300 people work. The network of 9 BERC research centers of excellence promoted by the Department of Education of the Basque Government has grown in the last decade to currently reach 1,200 researchers. This Basque commitment to attracting and consolidating scientific talent requires the provision of adequate spaces and equipment for new research groups.
The building located on Tolosa Avenue will be attached to the current Korta building and will have 6,000 m2 built, distributed over 5 floors above ground and a basement floor, with nearly 1,100 m2 per floor. It will be built in 2025 and will house 80 laboratories on a plot on the Ibaeta campus ceded by the UPV/EHU.
The building meets the most advanced environmental criteria and has innovative construction solutions to respond to the building's energy efficiency requirements and the most demanding functional needs of research laboratories. It has a facade with an outer skin, which acts as a sunscreen, contributing to the thermal control of the building, made up of a lattice of vertical metal elements.
The building is presented as a simple volume, with a light appearance and immediate reading, a neutral and resounding cloth that accompanies the currently existing Korta building. The two buildings are separated and joined in turn by an intermediate bay that acts as a material joint between them, allowing a change of facade to be harmonized on one side and the other.
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