Chemistry and Life Sciences Building

The building is designed with a flexible research environment and connects to existing facilities, meeting building-function and campus-context standards. The lab plan includes five- to seven-story wall-like bars of laboratories and offices.

Red brick with a limestone base and horizontal rusticated banding is used throughout the building. The walls are punctured by a three-story portal, which acts as a transitional element to the pedestrian mall to lead into the heart of the campus. Flanking this portal are the multi-story glazed lobby elements for the building departments. Glazed Bay windows are emphasized at the base of the building and glass block panels differentiate office and laboratory sections as well as illuminating the space with natural light.

Project Information

Building Owner:

University of Illinois

Owner Contact:

Roland Kehe, AIA, Campus Architect

Building Location:

Urbana, IL UNITED STATES

Project Type:

New Construction

Principal Building Function:

Basic Research and Teaching

Project Delivery Method:

Construction Management

Project Timeline

Oct 1991	Planning Start
Feb 1992	Design Start
May 1993	Construction Start
Aug 1996	Completion
Last known status: Completed

Project Cost:

$58,759,000

Construction Cost:

$47,900,000

Cost Per Sq. Ft:

$210

About These Cost Figures

Building Information

Project Includes:

Chemistry
Education
Education: Administration
Education: Classroom
Laboratory: Research
Laboratory: Teaching
Life Sciences
Office: Researcher

Total GSF:

227,600

Total NSF:

118,100

Efficiency:

52%

Building Population:

600

People Density:

379 gsf/person

Building Services:

DI, N2, compressed air, vacuum, gas

Office Size:

160 NSF

Power Req:

15 watts/nsf

HVAC Req:

4.23 cfm/nsf

Structure/Foundation:

Steel, long span composite stub girders, 13?4? floor to floor

Laboratory Parameters

Lab Module:

9?8? x 29?4?

Casework Mat'l:

Oak wood casework with black epoxy resin countertops

Fume Hoods:

89: 6?, 35: 5? and 4: 4?

Project Team

Architect

Perkins+Will

Builder

Gilbane Building Company

Consultant - Civil

Perkins+Will

Consultant - Cost Analysis

CCS, Inc.

Consultant - MEP Engineer

Environmental Systems Design, Inc.

Consultant - Structural

Perkins+Will

Supplier - Building Automation Controls

Johnson Controls Inc.

Supplier - Environmental Enclosures

Lab Line Instruments

Supplier - Fume Hoods

Fisher Hamilton

Profile Created 08/01/1996

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