The Center for Advanced Mobility of the Technical University of Aachen – Kompetenzzentrum Mobilität, FH Aachen – KMAC, is a new building for the University, focusing on research and development of futuristic mobility solutions.

The facility houses state-of-the-art high-performance engine testing labs, offices, collaborative workspaces, a lecture theatre and a public cafeteria. 

New York based studioMDA won the international competition with their proposal wich conceived its final form through a series of wind studies to optimise air flow and natural ventilation.

Occupied by the three departments of electrical engineering and information technology, aerospace and mechanical engineering and mechatronics, the form of the structure is made up of two elements. A section housing laboratories, work spaces and theatre hall, integrated and sunken into the topography of the site. Visually dominant and floating above is the “think box”, housing offices and collaborative learning spaces.