11. Eva J. Pell Laboratory for Advanced Biological Studies, Pennsylvania State University
“Biocontainment laboratory boasts natural light and outside views”
Located in the vast landscape of central Pennsylvania is this Animal Biosafety Level 3+ facility dedicated to pathogen research in a range of animal species including ferrets, rabbits, poultry and rodents. There are namely two distinct zones in the research floor-the office head house and the biocontainment zone. Three other spaces of holding rooms, procedure rooms and research laboratories are paired close to each other.
This LEED-certified building celebrates transparency by the letting in of natural light throughout the building. In some lines, it tries to break the stigma attached with biocontainment laboratories that are usually hidden away in basements or core of the building, devoid of daylight.
12. Frick Chemistry Laboratory, Princeton University
“A building of remarkable rigour”
The building designed by Payette earned the title of High Honours, Lab of the Year by R&D Magazine in the year 2012. It is located in close proximity to the campus gateway, assuming an important position overlooking the natural forest. It was intended to replace an outdated, isolated building of then deteriorating the chemistry department.
Involving the open lab concept, the laboratories are made transparent while allowing natural light to flow through its desk areas with the use of light borrowed from the atrium as well as the windows. The monotonous lab corridor is eliminated which again adheres to adding more transparency to the facility.
13. Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building, Columbia University
The design inspiration behind this Geochemistry building was the unique cross-sectional configuration which gave rise to an organization strategy that coherently sought to increase social and scientific bonding between its occupants.
This new arrangement of the building has seen a 19% lesser consumption of building footprint and a 13% less lesser volume as compared to the 2-storey building, first envisioned. The building is divided into two spaces consisting of the office and the lab areas.
14. Cancer Institute, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Centre
“Translational cancer institute connects research and patient care”
The Cancer Institute designed by Payette is an attempt at bringing together a combination of cancer-related educational, clinical and research spaces that had been originally scattered throughout the campus into one single precinct.
The clinics and research labs are located on different floors-clinicians and researchers share offices and support spaces on these floors. This kind of arrangement fosters communication and sudden happenstances supporting teamwork and invention.
15. DCAMM Chelsea Soldiers’ Home
DCAMM Chelsea Soldiers’ Home is a long-term care facility for the Commonwealth’s veterans. Designed by Payette to harness panoramic views of downtown Boston and the harbour, this soon-to-be-completed new facility will have154 private rooms organized around shared community spaces and surrounded by generous courtyards. A cutting-edge example of resilience and sustainability, this community centre has a combination of geothermal heating and cooling, a heat recovery system, a high-performance building envelope, and natural ventilation in all resident spaces, leading to 71% less energy use than allowed by code
