A World-Class Facility
Meeting Research Needs
The design of the Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology will be an expression of its research-based focus. To best serve the multi-faceted, interdisciplinary work that will take place in the building, it will be constructed with a flexible infrastructure that can efficiently adapt to changes within the program.
The building will expand the capacity of the Schools of Engineering and Arts & Sciences by adding more than 62,000 square feet of research, administrative, and collaboration space to the campus. This fume-hood intensive program translates to a highly efficient floor plan containing modular lab units that are sized to support projected research staff.
The project also offers a unique opportunity to create a building that will act as an instrument of the very research it serves. Its design will pursue energy performance concepts that are aligned with the mission of advancing sustainability.
Level 2 serves as the building’s main entrance. It will provide administrative and collaborative space for VIPER and the Vagelos Institute, as well as an NMR facility.
An east-west section view shows the position of laboratory space on each floor.
Faculty offices and other workstations and collaboration spaces are co-located on each floor with lab space.
The building’s design emphasizes energy efficiency, offsetting the high energy needs generally associated with research-intensive facilities.