Two multi-story atriums connect the lab floors and provide a visual connection and gathering space for the staff. Common functions such as conference rooms and a library are located off of this space on all floors. The building also includes a large cafeteria which doubles as a meeting space, and a seminar room for scientific conferences. Each floor includes break rooms and extra corridor space for informal meetings.
The interior fit-up changes Millennium's office culture from closed, private offices to open, flexible work spaces. The intention is to promote the "cross pollination" of ideas in a variety of disciplines and collaboration among scientists, executives, and staff. There are two workspace standards: 10' x 15' (for senior staff offices and shared two-person offices) and 10' x 10' (for single occupancy).
Biology and chemistry laboratories, where researchers work most intensely, are located on the exterior. Labs are designed on a 10'-6" x 45' module including bench space, an equipment zone within the lab, and a separate zone for isolated support rooms such as dark rooms, cold rooms, and hot labs. All labs are designed generically to accommodate the rapidly changing nature of Millennium's research.
The labs house genomics-based research into specific disease targets for pharmaceutical research and basic research into the genetic engineering and structure of disease mechanisms for atherosclerosis, obesity, diabetes, central nervous system conditions, and others, along with drug discovery, drug assay, compound screening, gene sequencing, robotic screening, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging, and extensive mass spectrometry.
| Project Information | ||||||||||||
| Building Owner: | Millennium Pharmaceuticals | |||||||||||
| Owner Contact: | Carlisle Consulting Group Inc., Concord, Mass. | |||||||||||
| Building Location: | Cambridge, MA UNITED STATES | |||||||||||
| Project Type: | New Construction | |||||||||||
| Principal Building Function: | Biotechnology research | |||||||||||
| Project Delivery Method: | Guaranteed Maximum Price | |||||||||||
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| Project Cost: | $42,300,000 | |||||||||||
| Construction Cost: | $34,800,000 | |||||||||||
| Cost Per Sq. Ft: | $174 | |||||||||||
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| Building Information | ||||||||||||
| Project Includes: |
Conference Room Headquarters Library Research: Biotech Research: Pharmaceutical |
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| Total GSF: | 200,000 | |||||||||||
| Total NSF: | 122,900 | |||||||||||
| Efficiency: | 61% | |||||||||||
| Building Population: | 600 | |||||||||||
| People Density: | 333 gsf/person | |||||||||||
| Building Services: | RO/DI, N2, LN2, compressed air, vacuum, gas, CO2 | |||||||||||
| Special Equip: | Robotic screening equipment, cold rooms, NMR, animal facility | |||||||||||
| Office Size: | 10' x 10' / 10' x 15' NSF | |||||||||||
| Power Req: | 15 w/nsf total; 12 w/nsf lighting/equipment | |||||||||||
| HVAC Req: | 2 cfm/sf (labs); 1 cfm/sf (offices) | |||||||||||
| Structure/Foundation: | Braced-frame steel with pressure-injected piles | |||||||||||
| Laboratory Parameters | ||||||||||||
| Lab Module: | 10'-6" x 45' | |||||||||||
| Casework Mat'l: | Wood casework, epoxy and chemical surface tops | |||||||||||
| Fume Hoods: | 50 fume hoods in each building (100 total), 6' each | |||||||||||
| Biosafety Cabinets: | 30 cabinets, Class II | |||||||||||
| Project Team | ||||||||||||
| Architect | Tsoi/Kobus & Associates Inc. | |||||||||||
| Construction Management | John Moriarty & Associates | |||||||||||
| Construction Management | Siena Construction | |||||||||||
| Consultant | Carlisle Consulting Group Inc. | |||||||||||
| Consultant - Accoustical/AV | Acentech Incorporated | |||||||||||
| Consultant - Civil Engineering | Cullinan Engineering Co., Inc. | |||||||||||
| Consultant - Elevator | LeVee & Associates | |||||||||||
| Consultant - Geotechnical | McPhail Associates | |||||||||||
| Consultant - Landscape Architect | The Halvorson Co., Inc. | |||||||||||
| Consultant - Lighting | Lam Partners Inc. | |||||||||||
| Consultant - MEP Engineer | Abbood/Holloran Associates, Inc. | |||||||||||
| Consultant - Specifications | Richard White & Sons | |||||||||||
| Consultant - Structural Engineer | LeMessurier Consultants Inc. | |||||||||||
| Consultant - Traffic Engineer | Vanasse Hagen Brustlin Inc. | |||||||||||
| Supplier - Biosafety Cabinets | NUAIRE Inc. | |||||||||||
| Supplier - Building Automation Controls | Siemens Building Technologies | |||||||||||
| Supplier - Casework | Fisher Hamilton | |||||||||||
| Supplier - Elevators | Otis Elevator | |||||||||||
| Supplier - Fume Hood Controls | Siemens Building Technologies | |||||||||||
| Supplier - Fume Hood Controls | Phoenix Controls Corporation | |||||||||||
| Supplier - Fume Hoods | Fisher Hamilton | |||||||||||
| Profile Created 01/01/2000 | ||||||||||||
| Last Updated 04/04/2006 | ||||||||||||
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Aerial View
Millennium Pharmaceuticals' new headquarters, which occupies 200,000 sf of the 280,000-sf, two-building University Park at MIT in Cambridge, Mass., provides the company with a highly flexible facility responsive to the company's business objectives and work processes.
Bridge
A bridge connects the two buildings and creates a gateway from the park to nearby residential areas.
Atrium
Two multi-story atriums connect the lab floors and provide a visual connection and gathering space for the staff.

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