New science, old buildings: Renovating for efficiency, flexibility, and connection
What does the research space of the future look like? And can it be housed in older buildings—or does it require new construction?
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What does the research space of the future look like? And can it be housed in older buildings—or does it require new construction?
In Corvallis, Oreg., the Jen-Hsun Huang and Lori Mills Huang Collaborative Innovation Complex at Oregon State University aims to achieve a distinction among the world’s experimental research labs: It will be the first all-mass-timber lab meeting rigorous vibration criteria (2000 micro-inches per second, or MIPS).
As the demand for skilled healthcare professionals continues to rise, healthcare simulation is playing an increasingly vital role in the skill development, compliance, and continuing education of the clinical workforce.
In Princeton, N.J., the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has broken ground on the Princeton Plasma Innovation Center (PPIC), a state-of-the-art office and laboratory building. Designed and constructed by SmithGroup, the $109.7 million facility will provide space for research supporting PPPL’s expanded mission into microelectronics, quantum sensors and devices, and sustainability sciences.
This LEO A DALY-designed project makes way to produce the world’s most sensitive detector to this point.
The facility, which nests at “the core” of the university’s Medical Center, relies heavily on technology and big data.
HDR, HOK, and Interior Architects top BD+C’s ranking of the nation’s largest science + technology sector architecture and AE firms, as reported in the 2017 Giants 300 Report.
A new Perkins Eastman white paper finds limited employee interaction at NYU Winthrop Hospital, a year after it opened.
Here is how the See + Hear + Do = Remember mantra can be applied to maker spaces and instructional labs.
A new Transwestern report highlights favorable market and regulatory changes.
A three-month study of science facilities conducted by Shepley Bulfinch reveals key findings related to space allocation, size, and cost.
The facility will consolidate the company’s local workforce, and provide flexible work and research spaces.
Silver Award: North Dakota builds a new medical/health sciences school to train and retain more physicians.
While most labs are designed to achieve that basic functionality, a transformational lab environment prioritizes a science organization’s most valuable assets: its people.