Create new R&D labs, and renovate existing labs, to foster collaboration and innovation.
Consolidate researchers from different locations into one campus, with logical lab and office adjacencies.
Design new media library creating a link between R&D labs and offices located on two floors.
Incorporate new Bioinformatics Room, designed for further team-building.
Challenges
Create adjacencies between labs with shared functions, even when interrupted by existing program.
Phase renovation so new labs can be built without disrupting adjacent functioning labs.
Re-use and refurbish existing casework to match new casework.
Accommodate large-scale equipment, including numerous freezers, being relocated from Canada.
Coordinate new MEP systems with existing dated systems.
Design Response
Renovated labs with new finishes, colors, and a combination of new and refurbished casework, creating bright and welcoming work spaces.
Developed freezer storage farm to concentrate equipment in one space.
Promoted collaboration and research through the design of the Knowledge Network Center, which incorporates a media library, conference room, and coffee bar.
Introduced a new feature stair connecting two floors of offices and labs.
Created state-of-the-art Bioinformatics Room, with wall-sized screen, and conference table with audio-visual capabilities.
Provided optional furniture layouts of offices to promote flexibility from private office to shared office plan.
Designed new self-serve cafeteria, creating another alternative meeting space.
