Universum Science Center

The science center building, with its 40,000 stainless steel scales, resembles a mixture between a whale and mussel.

[citation needed] In 2007 the Universum opened a large outdoor area, the EntdeckerPark, and a new building, the SchauBox.

In contrast to the curved metallic older building, the SchauBox, developed by Haslob Kruse and Partner, is cubic with a rust-red exterior.

[3] The EntdeckerPark, the 5,000 m2 outdoor area developed by Planungsguppe Grün, offers a number of hands-on exhibits, landscape elements and a 27m-high tower, called the Turm der Lüfte.

The concept of the exhibits and the interior design were realized by Kunstraum GfK mbH, Hamburg and Archimedia, Stuttgart.