Interior design of the future hydraulic engineering laboratory of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna on the Brigittenauer Sporn between the Danube and the Danube Canal.

Completion 2023.

BOKU’s new hydraulic engineering laboratory will be a globally unique research infrastructure with a laboratory flow rate of up to 10,000 l/s without pumps. MO is responsible for the interior design on an area of over 1,400 m², including public areas such as the foyer and public lab as well as an auditorium with 200 seats, a catering area and a kitchen.

In addition, all university facilities for meeting and seminar rooms as well as the offices of the university staff are part of the project.

The building is 100 metres long and 25 metres wide. The base of the hydraulic engineering laboratory ‘Main Chanel’ is located in the basement, which can be completely flooded with Danube water, thus enabling practice-orientated model experiments on a 1:1 scale.

The centrepiece of the project is the PUBLIC LAB, which will be open to the public and bring research closer to the people. The hydraulic engineering laboratory will contribute to a better understanding of the processes taking place in rivers and to the development of innovative hydraulic engineering methods to improve navigation, the energy industry, flood protection and ecology.