LEED-Platinum Knight Cancer Research Building champions “team science”

In Portland’s South Waterfront, the Knight Cancer Research Building at Oregon Health & Science University is utilizing a “team science” method to assist scientists and researchers discover cures to most cancers. Designed by Seattle-based design agency SRG Partnership, the most cancers analysis facility options wellness-focused workspaces that encourage collaboration and innovation throughout completely different disciplines. As a beacon of sustainability, the constructing has additionally been licensed LEED Platinum for its use of non-toxic, Red List-free supplies and for attaining 38% higher power effectivity and 68% lowered water use as in comparison with commonplace lab buildings. 

Home to over 600 staff from completely different scientific disciplines, the 320,000-square-foot Knight Cancer Research Building consists of seven tales of moist labs, computational biology amenities, analysis core companies, a 300-seat auditorium, a convention middle, ground-floor retail and underground parking for 77 vehicles. Two flooring of the constructing are additionally occupied by the Center for Early Detection Research, the primary large-scale early cancer detection program of its variety. The analysis facility is strategically situated on the coronary heart of a pedestrian-oriented hub simply accessible by multi-modal transit.

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To promote cross-disciplinary analysis, the constructing’s analysis flooring observe an open neighborhood idea the place staff areas are shared, visibility and collegiality is enhanced with glass partitions, laboratories observe non-hierarchical design and moist and dry labs are positioned facet by facet. The architects have additionally inserted numerous gathering areas all through the constructing for spontaneous interactions that embody a central kitchen, an auditorium, a social lounge and a rooftop terrace in addition to different casual seating areas and social hubs.

Floor-to-ceiling glazing floods the constructing with pure mild whereas a sawtooth-shaped configuration of home windows alongside the south elevation frames views of the Willamette River and Tilikum Bridge. Balconies and out of doors terraces additional the constructing’s indoor-to-outdoor connections. The Knight Cancer Research Building was designed solely with BIM to optimize energy-efficient operations. 

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Photography by Brad Feinknop Photography and Christian Columbres Photography by way of SRG Partnership