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R+D CENTERS

1. ECZACIBAŞI R&D CENTER

Eczacıbaşı r&d center is designed by ONCUOGLU architecture for a limited competition is rewarded as “highly commended” at the commercial/mixed-use future project category at cityscape Dubai 2009. The project is aimed to bring together the separate pieces of research laboratories of Eczacıbaşı Bozuyuk campus under one roof. The main idea of the research center originated from the fluidity concept to combine the research and development s in one holistic space. The main s of the building as showroom, laboratories and offices are designed as different forms while they are connected to each other by an interior street flowing through the building. The design idea is to a work space integrated with social space for the users that is inefficient at the industrial zone. The project is designed to enable the users to pass from the public zone as Interior Street to private zone as laboratories. It is aimed to integrate interior and exterior space by open common spaces. The common spaces are designed as transparent surfaces in contrast to the covered industrial space. A public square at the entrance as a gathering space, courtyards and interior gardens as recreational area are developed by the use of topography.

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DRDS, IN COLLABORATION WITH KUNWON, WIN COMPETITION FOR PANGYO GLOBAL R+D CENTER

The project is positioned at the gateway to the Pangyo Techno-Valley Campus. The goal is to create a landmark building and invigorate research facilities through design to attract global companies specializing in high tech industries such as Biotechnology (BT), Information Technology (IT) and Green Technology (GT).

The primary programmatic component is 19,800 sq m of R+D labs that serve as company rental and research lab facilities. These manifest in the design of three separate structures that vary in height depending on need. The east tower contains wet lab facilities that require specific lab planning modules, floor-plate configuration and heavy mechanical support,

including rooftop exhaust. As a multi-tenant research facility, the building is designed to optimize plan flexibility with smart office space and a raised-floor.

The buildings are connected by multiple atria and connecting walkways, creating chance opportunities for communication between researchers. The idea is to promote synergy through cross pollination of various tenants. The hope is that spontaneous brainstorming can occur, increasing opportunities for ideation and discovery. This is a proactive solution that supports wide range goals of achieving greater education/R+D outcomes with domestic related companies and other research institutes throughout the region.

A core element of the project is the main atrium known as the Community Forum. It is an arrival space for the project, linking the entire complex and creating a zone of influence. It is here that researchers and business development come together in a public space where individual ideas contribute to a collective global reality.

The idea is to promote connections between researchers who can sometimes become isolated in their work. There are additional public workplace amenities that increase social connection between researchers for knowledge sharing. These are seen as micro- forums for breakout gatherings between intimate groups. They are connected to smaller 'breathing atria' that unite the inner architecture and spatial flows with the outside world. The connective tissue of these zones, highlighted by their transparency, also provide for increased security within the complex.

3. BEIJING, TOUCH OF NATURE THE ARCHITECTURE BUILDINGS UF SOFT R&D CENTER

The project focuses on the whole concept of the office, which embraces working, resting and communication functions. Each layout structure occupies a separate floor in each office building, though in different way. Corresponding to different team working styles at the client’s three project development phases, three layout structures are designed to allow for the necessary flexibility and independence amongst the office users. UF Soft R&D Center consists of three inter-connected buildings. Two courtyards arise in between the buildings, which creates more touch of nature within the architecture buildings. Instead of adopting the traditional office design, such as the design of corridors, which require its users to commute before the communication can take place, we design this office so that its structure supports communication and commutation to happen spontaneously.

4. CHINA LIFE INSURANCE R&D CENTRE

Munich-based Henn Architekten has won the competition proposal for the China Life Insurance Research & Development Center on the rural outskirts of Beijing. The design concept was developed from traditional Chinese courtyard architecture and translated into highly technologically developed, forward-looking design. The complex for China’s biggest insurance company consists of a main building, a research and laboratory building and a training center with a connected boarding house.

Red colored, the most favorite color by Chinese, symbolizing fortune and prosperity in China culture. It illuminated on each side of the reception in the foyer of the main building. The big courtyard laid in the square plan organization and served as a place of communication and contemplation.

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BGI R&D CENTRE

Type Commercial - Office

Location Pathumthani, Thailand

Client Bangkok Glass Industry

Building status built in 2008

Site type urban

Budget total 1000000 USD

6. RMJM GO GREEN WITH GENZYME CENTRE

A new research and development centre in China for biotechnology company Genzyme Corp. is to be designed by RMJM Hillier. The firm has been selected as the design architect and laboratory planner for the 200,000 sq ft centre which will cost $90 million. The centre will be based in Beijing's Zhongguancun Life Science Park, an area dedicated to academic and government research centres as well as pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. The new facility will be staffed by 350 employees and used for research and development activities for orphopedics, transplant and immune disease, oncology, endocrinology and cardiovascular disease. Genzyme’s will be the second R&D project by RMJM Hillier in China and their fourth in Asia. Peter Schubert, AIA, Design Director, commented, “Genzyme is the ideal client – they value good design, workplace collaboration, and care about the environment, and with

this project, we’ll also be part of the first wave of environmentally proactive architects working to address some of China’s environmental issues.” Steve Gifford, Design Studio Director at RMJM Hillier explains how they approached the design: “Our expertise is in delivering complex research environments that are innovative, beautiful and enduring. New forms of architecture are needed to help life sciences clients accelerate the process of discovery, and our designs respond to changing research methodologies that emphasize flexibility, collaboration and sustainability.” Inspiration for the design came from Genzyme and RMJM Hillier’s mutual commitment to environmental responsibility and collaboration. The research and administrative portions of the building are connected via a sizable light-filled atrium in which a series of horizontal bridges and staircases of varying heights and dimensions promote both a productive and playful movement of people, light and air. The natural and built environments are interwoven through a series of plazas and green spaces that respond to both the interior environment and the exterior landscape. Innovative green features aim to create a healthy and comfortable workplace for employees, and reduce its environmental impact. They include: a narrow foot print and 4-story atrium to maximize natural ventilation; living roof to reduce pollution caused by storm water runoff; a solar thermal system that will provide a significant portion of the building's hot water and reduce its energy consumption; low-flow fixtures to limit water usage; a high-performance exterior glass system that will provide employees with significant natural light, contributing to a pleasant working environment, and reducing the facility's dependence on electricity; and a sensored motorized blind system to control light and heat gain. RMJM Hillier will be applying for LEED status for this build through the U.S. Green Building Council.

7. NEW BREMBO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE

The new Research and Development Centre of the Brembo company is the first building to be completed as part of the new architectural complex envisaged in Jean Nouvel’s Master Plan for the Kilometro Rosso Science & Technology Park.

The Kilometro Rosso Science & Technology Park is located just outside the city of Bergamo, along the A4 Milan-Venice motorway. Conceived internally as a campus, the signature feature of the complex is the “Kilometro Rosso”, a spectacular architectural screen fabricated from extruded aluminium and coloured red. This Red Wall is intended by Jean Nouvel as a protective sound barrier to shield the buildings and the park from the noise and pollution of the motorway traffic.

The Brembo Research and Development Centre occupies 11,000 m2 and is located at the south-easternmost end of the Kilometro Rosso Science and Technology Park area.

The materials and colour schemes selected by Blast Architetti for all interiors are typified by an aesthetic approach applying rigour: the bare reinforced concrete of the perimeter walls presents a raw texture complementing the transparent lightness of screenprinted glass partitions that divide the office space and afford a continuous line of vision toward the surrounding park. The display niches, contain superior mechanical components manufactured

by Brembo, and are illuminated using special Led sources able to produce changes in tone and colour. On the outside, the Brembo building appears as so many rectangular blocks, rather like a randomly assembled Lego model.

The lighting design for this imposing centre is based on the integration of natural and artificial light: during the daytime, natural light is diffused through the structure, ensuring visual comfort, and at night, the extensive glazed surfaces are lit up to create luminous curtains. In the offices, recessed Optica units ensure an average 500 lux on horizontal surfaces, while creating no problems of glare or reflection on VDU screens. The fixtures used in the meeting rooms are fluorescent Cestello, providing both background and accent lights. Recessed Lineup fixtures functioning as wall washers are installed along the corridors, the light from these units combining with uplight provided by recessed Linealuce fixtures.

The green space around the Brembo R&D Centre forms part of the overall design presented by Studio LAND (Landscape Architecture Nature Projects New Brembo Research and Development Centre Development) for the Science and Technology Park. The Park is illuminated by fixtures generating limited visual impact: recessed Ledplus for the walkways and iWay fixtures for roadways.

8. THE RESEARCH LABORATORY

The facade is constructed from flat, vertical aluminum slats, which, in places, are twisted outwards in bowed forms. Tall, vertical undulations are generated, which present an open or a closed aspect depending on the angle under which they are viewed.

On the lower level the colour yellow is used, which gradually changes to green towards the top of the building. In the interior, two internal vertical voids allow daylight to enter the interior functioning as a form of internal facade.

The two voids have the geometry of asymmetrical truncated cones which mirror each other vertically. Shared walkways surround these internal voids, creating a clear organisation whereby dark corridor systems can be avoided.

On the ground floor, where daylight is at its lowest, yellow is used. Per floor this colour then deepens through to orange and finally to red on the uppermost level.

UNStudio

Groningen, The Netherlands, 2003-2008 1.093 m²

9. KNOWLEDGE AND INNOVATION CENTER SOM Studio

The Knowledge and Innovation Center is a nexus for technological research and invention in Shanghai’s rapidly developing Yang Pu district. The complex’s public plazas reveal a rough collage of materials that provide a tactile link to the site’s past, while its lightweight glass buildings provide a connection to its future.

Shanghai, China

67,000 m2

10. THE CLOUD OF KNOWLEDGE

Every part of the program in the centre obtains a window to the surrounding: the room with the view to the mountain, the one with a view to the lake, etc.

The LED elements can also be seen from outside. It is a true exhibition and communication tool that can be used by the students, the professors, the researchers, the sponsors and the best advertiser for the campus imaginable. When the LEDs are out, it becomes neutral: a reflective, white, abstract figure floating above the KAIST Campus.

The floor of the cloud forms the ceiling of the new plaza.

The top of the cloud can be used as a new public viewing platform. Here one can walk on the LED screen that turns into a dance floor during the evenings and nights.

Connections between the campus and the cloud form the supporting structure of the

MVRDV

11. HAWAII PREPARATORY ACADEMYENERGY LABORATORY

Flansburgh Architects

Conceived as a high school science building dedicated to the study of alternative energy, the new Energy Lab at Hawaii Preparatory Academy functions as a zero-net-energy, fully sustainable building.

The project’s fundamental goal is that of educating the next generation of students in the understanding of environmentally conscious, sustainable living systems.

The project targets LEED Platinum and Living Building Challenge certification.

Recently completed in January 2010, the Energy Lab today strives as a living laboratory, furthering its educational goals as a functioning example of sustainability.

12. BEATY BIODIVERSITY CENTER AND AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY

Patkau Architects

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2002-2009 11.500 m2

The Center comprises a natural history museum, a large natural history collection, research laboratories and offices with related meeting and support spaces.