This state of the art facility will be the primary comparative medicine research facility on Campus. A single-storey building accommodates necessary adjacencies between holding and processing elements while allowing all research to happen on one level. Unifying the diverse programmatic spaces is a roof strategy that responds to the need for systems flexibility, access to natural daylight, passive heating and collecting storm water. Steel columns support a corrugated roof with a north-south grain of roof monitors. East facing monitors drive morning light into the heart of the building and allow preheating during the heating season and natural ventilation during the cooling season. Because at grade windows to the outside must be carefully controlled for security and privacy, the roof monitors are an important orientation device for users of the building. Rooms containing non secure activities such as training and break rooms are located to the south and enjoy a view to the existing forest.

In Progress: Due to open April 2010
Size: 23,000 sf
Budget: $23 million
Team: Public Architecture + Communication Design, in joint venture with Cohos Evamy integratedesign