Chemistry and Life Sciences Building
Occupancy: 1996
Published August 1996
The Chemical and Life Sciences Building, located on the Urbana-Champaign campus at the University of Illinois, is a key element in the completion of the University's central master plan. This 230,000-sf facility serves the growing research needs of the School of Chemical Sciences and the School of Life Sciences.
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.
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University of Illinois |
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Owner Contact:
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Roland Kehe, AIA, Campus Architect
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Building Location:
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Urbana, IL 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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Basic Research and Teaching |
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Project Delivery Method:
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Construction Management
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Project Timeline
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| Oct 1991 | Planning Start |
| Feb 1992 | Design Start |
| May 1993 | Construction Start |
| Aug 1996 | Completion |
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Last known status: Completed
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| Project Cost: |
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$58,759,000 |
| Construction Cost: |
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$47,900,000 |
| Cost Per Sq. Ft: |
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$210 |
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About These Cost Figures
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Project Includes:
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Chemistry
Education
Education: Administration
Education: Classroom
Laboratory: Research
Laboratory: Teaching
Life Sciences
Office: Researcher
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| Total GSF: |
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227,600 |
| Total NSF: |
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118,100 |
| Efficiency: |
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52% |
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Building Population:
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600
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People Density:
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379 gsf/person
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Building Services:
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DI, N2, compressed air, vacuum, gas
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Office Size:
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160 NSF
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Power Req:
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15 watts/nsf
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HVAC Req:
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4.23 cfm/nsf
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Structure/Foundation:
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Steel, long span composite stub girders, 13?4? floor to floor
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Lab Module:
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9?8? x 29?4?
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Casework Mat'l:
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Oak wood casework with black epoxy resin countertops
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Fume Hoods:
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89: 6?, 35: 5? and 4: 4?
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Architect
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Perkins+Will
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Builder
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Gilbane Building Company
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Consultant - Civil
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Perkins+Will
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Consultant - Structural
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Perkins+Will
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| Profile Created 08/01/1996 |
| 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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Floorplan
Exterior Photo © Hedrich Blessing Photographers, courtesy of Perkins & Will, Inc. Notes:
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