Natural Sciences Research Building, San Diego, CA
Scope: Programming, planning & design
Project Completion: 2003
Project Size: 180,000 GSF
Construction Cost: $46,000,000
The Natural Sciences Building (NSB) was conceived as an interdisciplinary facility with biochemistry as a building theme, with the purpose of locating research scientists of varied backgrounds and perspectives applying themselves to similar research goals. The project provides an opportunity to co-locate overlapping areas of research in a modern, technologically advanced facility. Areas of research that will be housed in this building include the Biology Department's programs in biochemistry and molecular biology, the Physics Department's program in biophysics, and the Chemistry Department's program in biochemistry.
The research laboratories are based on the development of blocks of contiguous laboratory space that can be maintained as open laboratory space and assigned by bench, or subdivided by walls, with or without doors, to form individual research spaces of different sizes. The interchangeability of the laboratory modules will provide great flexibility in making researcher assignments within the building. The laboratory support space is designed to be shared or dedicated and includes an NMR suite (600 MHz to 1 GHz magnets) and a 6,000 nsf vivarium facility. The NSB will also provide seven new undergraduate chemistry teaching laboratories. The teaching laboratories are proposed to be located on two closely associated floors to allow efficient management of staffing and materials, and to keep heavy traffic separated from the research functions. The teaching spaces include a computer laboratory, various laboratory support rooms, and "scholarly activity" spaces.
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