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A new lab in Buffalo emphasizes interaction, connection, and visibility.
The Hauptman-Woodward Institute (HWI) Structural Biology Research Center is located on a site at the southwestern corner of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, between Ellicott and Washington Streets, and acts as the southern gateway to the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. A proposed enclosed bridge linking the HWI research facility and the proposed Roswell Park Cancer Institute Research Facility and the University of Buffalo Center for Bioinformatics will facilitate scientific collaboration among the researchers.
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The organization of the building embraces the principle of scientific collaboration. The building is separated into two main programmatic components: research labs and office and multifunction support space. Breaking the offices and support functions away from the research lab allows each discrete space to be built cost effectively in support of the guiding principles of the project.
The two programmatic components of the facility are housed in separate volumes that are connected by a glass-covered atrium that visually links the facility to the other world-class institutions of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. Multifunctional support spaces line circulation paths that thread through the atrium between the office and laboratory blocks, creating visibility and interaction among scientists throughout the campus. A campus bridge allows the atrium to serve as a central gathering space for all facilities.
The notion of collaboration is further enhanced by visually connecting the HWI research building to the city through the glass eastern wall of the atrium. Glazing the lab block and opening it to the public exposes the inner workings of the research labs to the public. The laboratory component of the facility is rotated ten degrees to the west to enhance visibility from the street into the atrium and the labs, and to maximize access of natural light and views from the lab block.
Formal name of project: Hauptman Woodward Institute, Structural Biology Research Center
Location: Buffalo, NY
Gross square footage: 73,000 sq.ft.
Completion Date: May, 2005
Total construction cost: $19,118,089
Owner: Hauptman Woodward Institute
Architect:
Yazdani Studio of Cannon Design
1901 Avenue of the Stars, Ste
1901 Los Angeles, CA 90067
tel: 310.229.2700
fax: 310.229.2800
www.yazdanistudio.com/
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