Community Life Sciences

As specialists in planning and delivering laboratory and research facilities, we develop high‑quality, future‑ready solutions. Since 1922, our work has been deeply rooted in the world of science and research. We closely track developments across the pharmaceutical and scientific landscape to integrate new insights directly into our daily practice.

What does the Life Sciences Community do?

The Life Sciences Community functions as IB’s internal expert group on laboratory and research topics. As a central repository of knowledge within the company, it provides skilled support to internal teams as well as external partners. Its work brings together IB’s decades of project experience—particularly in flexibility, modularity, complexity, and refurbishment—with current industry trends and innovations.

Laboratory and research environments are evolving rapidly. We recognize this dynamic and carefully adapt proven principles to new requirements and working methods. Our experience shows: regardless of how flexible a laboratory must be, a well‑conceived foundational structure is essential for planning functional and sustainable layouts.

Use cases

sitem-insel, Swiss Institute for Translational and Entrepreneurical Medicine

As general planner, we were commissioned to handle the planning and construction management of the technically complex fit-outs for laboratory and research spaces.

New Roche pRED Research Center

Delivering this large‑scale project required coordinating a wide range of stakeholders, managing a sensitive inner‑city location, and orchestrating a precisely tuned construction logistics setup with a separate interim storage facility. High levels of prefabrication and significant technical complexity were paired with the highest architectural ambitions.

Major Research System, SwissFEL

The high‑precision SwissFEL X‑ray laser brings together several superlatives. It is one of only four free‑electron X‑ray lasers worldwide. At 760 meters in length, it is among the longest buildings in Switzerland and is regarded as an outstanding feat of engineering due to its extraordinary precision and tolerance requirements.

Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Construction of the new animal health research institute

In 2013, the most advanced European research institute for animal health at the time was completed on the island of Riems in Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania. The deciding factor in awarding the contract to Itten+Brechbühl AG and Rauh Damm Stiller Partner (Greifswald) was their high level of expertise in security conditions up to Level BSL 4 (Biosafetylevel).