Natural Sciences Building | Tradeline, Inc.

The facility is a 180,471-gsf, six-story building with a 15,000-sf vivarium and a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance suite for two 900Mhz magnets located in the basement. The vivarium is serviced by a dedicated elevator with corresponding clean and dirty sides. Proximity to the NMR is important because the NMR relies on animals that are housed in the vivarium. The portion of the facility housing the NMR is an air supported structure. This type of space is ideal for most magnetic research because there are no ferrous materials within the range of the magnets and the calibration is much easier.

The research laboratories are located on levels two through six and are blocks of contiguous laboratory space that can be maintained as open laboratory space and assigned by bench, or subdivided by walls, with our without doors, to form individual research spaces of different sizes. The Natural Sciences building also includes a large program for undergraduate teaching labs located on the first and second floors. Access to the research labs in the upper areas of the buildings are protected by card keys. In the L-shaped plan, the labs flank one of the walls, lab support is in the middle, and offices are on the other wall. The labs contain movable casework with overhead services delivered to the benches.

The mechanical system is integrated into the design as an architectural element: A silo outside the building serves as the air intake for the mechanical room, all the makeup air for the exhaust, and supply air for the building. The silo is located at the opposite end of the loading docks so that air from the trucks is not pulled into the system.

Project Information

Building Owner:

University of California, San Diego

Owner Contact:

M. Boone Hellman, FAIA, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Campus Architect

Building Location:

San Diego, California UNITED STATES

Project Type:

New Construction

Principal Building Function:

Laboratory, teaching, and office space for biology, chemistry, and physics

Project Delivery Method:

Lump Sum

Project Timeline

Jun 2003	Completion
Last known status: Completed

Project Cost:

$55,000,000

Construction Cost:

$48,456,000

About These Cost Figures

Building Information

Project Includes:

Biochemistry
Biology
Chemistry
Education
Education: Biology
Education: Chemistry
Education: Physics
Interdisciplinary Research
Laboratory
Laboratory: Chemistry
Laboratory: Dry And Wet
Laboratory: Research
Laboratory: Teaching
Office: Administrative
Office: Researcher
Research
Vivarium

Total GSF:

180,471

Efficiency:

58%

Building Population:

500

Building Services:

Hot and cold water, industrial hot and cold water, DI water, vacuum, gas

Special Equip:

Vivarium tunnel washer, autoclaves, NMR

Power Req:

Lighting 1.7 watts/nsf Equipment 12.0 watts/nsf Power 6.6 watt/nsf

HVAC Req:

2.25 cfm/nsf

Laboratory Parameters

Lab Module:

11' x 19'

Project Team

Architect

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

Consultant - Fire Protection

Protection Design & Consulting

Consultant - Laboratory Planner

GPR Planners Collaborative, Inc.

Consultant - Landscape Architect

Peter Walker and Partners

Contractor

Soltek Pacific

Engineer - MEP

Flack & Kurtz Consulting Engineers

Engineer - Civil

Hirsch and Company

Supplier - Casework

Fisher Hamilton

Supplier - Fume Hood Controls

Phoenix Controls Corporation

Supplier - Fume Hoods

Fisher Hamilton

Supplier - Tunnel Washers

STERIS Corporation

Profile Created 02/09/2005

Last Updated 04/04/2006

About the Reported Cost Figures

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.

Fig. 1

Natural Lighting

Fig. 2

Lab Interior

Fig. 3

Building Lobby

Fig. 4

Collegial Space