Asthma & Allergy Center
Published March 2001
The Johns Hopkins Asthma & Allergy Center is the flagship design for a new biomedical research campus in Baltimore. Its curvilinear shape unusual for a laboratory building responds both to the hill on which the building is sited and to the traffic patterns defining the site, as well as to the facility's functional program requirements. The use of curved secondary components reinforces the building's curved exterior design.
The key construction requirements is for flexibility -- the labs have to be flexible enough to accommodate changes in medical technology and in research programs, and to facilitate multidisciplinary research efforts.
Pre-cast concrete and brick, chosen as the building facing materials, can adapt to the curves of the building. Forming the concrete curves proved to be a challenge. The search for the right expertise led the contractor, High Concrete of Denver, PA, to solicit bids from boat builders who are accustomed to working with complex curves. The contract was awarded to Seaway Yacht Company in Daytona Beach, Florida, which fashioned fiberglass molds and shipped them to the site for casting.
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Johns Hopkins University |
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Owner Contact:
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David 0. Hash, Director of Property Development
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Building Location:
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Baltimore, MD UNITED STATES
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Project Type:
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New Construction
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Principal Building Function:
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Multidisciplinary research in the fields of allergy, immunology, and pulmonary medicine. The clinical component of the building is applied to out-patient treatment and clinical research utilizing volunteer research subjects. |
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Project Delivery Method:
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General Contractor
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Project Timeline
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| Sep 1985 | Planning Start |
| Sep 1985 | Design Start |
| Oct 1987 | Construction Start |
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Last known status: Completed
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| Construction Cost: |
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$33,030,816 |
| Cost Per Sq. Ft: |
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$139 |
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About These Cost Figures
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Project Includes:
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Healthcare: Ambulatory Outpatient Clinic
Laboratory: Biomedical Research
Laboratory: Research
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| Total GSF: |
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238,000 |
| Total NSF: |
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170,000 |
| Efficiency: |
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72% |
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Building Population:
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285
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People Density:
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835 gsf/person
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Building Services:
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Local-manifolded oxygen, C02, N2, compressed air, compressed gas, vacuum, DI.
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Special Equip:
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Mass Spectrometer, Animal OR with attendant X-Ray equipment, Necropsy equipment
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Office Size:
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Various, custom sizes NSF
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Power Req:
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40 watts/nsf, installed at 100% redundancy
20 watts/nsf on demand
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HVAC Req:
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2.5 cfmlnsf
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Structure/Foundation:
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75% spread footings, 25% caissons
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Lab Module:
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22' x 22'
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Casework Mat'l:
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Steel cabinets with epoxy finish, black epoxy tops.
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Fume Hoods:
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45 total (4 ft and 6 ft. hoods)
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Biosafety Cabinets:
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33 Class II, Type A/B3
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Architect
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Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc. (HOK)
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Consultant - Electrical
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Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc. (HOK)
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Consultant - Graphics
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Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc. (HOK)
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Consultant - Interior Design
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Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc. (HOK)
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Consultant - Laboratory Design
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Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc. (HOK)
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Consultant - Landscape Architect
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Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc. (HOK)
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Consultant - Lighting
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Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc. (HOK)
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Consultant - Mechanical
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Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc. (HOK)
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Consultant - Plumbing
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Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc. (HOK)
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Supplier - Biosafety Cabinets
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The Baker Company
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| Profile Created 03/31/2001 |
| Last Updated 04/04/2006 |
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The cost figures reported are supplied by the firms that submitted these
projects for publication, which in most cases are the designers or builders.
Whereas these sources are intimately familiar with their projects, they may
not be fully aware of the owners' finally-realized and recorded costs. In some
cases, costs are truly and completely accounted for, and in others they represent
a near approximation of the final costs. Costs have not been adjusted for
year of construction, nor has any attempt been made to make regional cost
adjustments.
Further, costs are not comparable on any kind of detailed standard costing model.
Hence, it is possible for the cost of one building to include a steam boiler, while
the cost of a comparable building might not include the boiler, if steam is being
supplied from an already existing campus grid. Or, in another case, a building might
include excess boiler capacity to supply steam to another building. Some submittals
include fees or unusual site improvements as part of the construction costs, which
others do not.
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