Francois - Xavier Bagnoud Building

The building is constructed to accommodate research activities, which were previously located in the adjacent SPH-2 facility. To maximize interaction, floors of the Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building relate to the disciplines on each level of the SPH-2 facility. A triangular enclosed courtyard is formed between the two building which provides a central great room around which conference lounges and circulation space at multiple levels are clustered to enhance a sense of a research community.

Specifically, the program calls for laboratory core science offices and support space. It provides 8,000 sf of lecture and classroom space, a central 2,600-sf BL 3 tissue culture facility, as well as a 20,000-sf Center for Health and Human Rights. Primary research focuses on the prevention of diseases with environmental, hereditary or infectious causes.

Project Information

Building Owner:

Harvard University

Owner Contact:

Paul Ricardi, Assistant Dean

Building Location:

Boston, MA UNITED STATES

Project Type:

New Construction

Principal Building Function:

Biomedical Labs, Science Support Labs

Project Delivery Method:

General Contractor

Project Timeline

Jan 1992	Planning Start
Feb 1992	Design Start
Jul 1994	Construction Start
Jun 1996	Completion
Last known status: Completed

Construction Cost:

$26,000,000

Cost Per Sq. Ft:

$250

About These Cost Figures

Building Information

Project Includes:

Conference Room
Education: Classroom
Laboratory: Biomedical Research
Laboratory: Research
Laboratory: Wet
Office

Total GSF:

104,000

Total NSF:

65,000

Efficiency:

62%

Building Services:

vacuum, gas, CO2 , RO/Di

Special Equip:

Environmental rooms (cold freezers), darkrooms

Office Size:

10 'x l2' NSF

HVAC Req:

2.6 cfm/nsf

Structure/Foundation:

Braced steel frame with concrete footings

Laboratory Parameters

Lab Module:

21 'x 24'

Casework Mat'l:

Custom-maple veneer, epoxy tops

Fume Hoods:

12: 4' - 5'

Biosafety Cabinets:

27: 4' - 6'

Project Team

Architect

Payette

Builder

Richard White & Sons

Consultant - Fire Protection

BR+A/Bard,Rao + Athanas Consulting Engineers Inc.

Consultant - Plumbing

BR+A/Bard,Rao + Athanas Consulting Engineers Inc.

Consultant - Structural

Souza, True & Partners

Supplier - Biosafety Cabinets

The Baker Company

Supplier - Building Automation Controls

Landis & Gyr

Supplier - Fans

Strobic Air Corporation

Supplier - Fume Hoods

Kewaunee Scientific Corporation

Supplier - HVAC

Heat Transfer Specialties

Profile Created 06/01/1996

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

Floorplan

Fig. 2

Exterior