Raising the bar for successful next-gen science & engineering facility projects

To attract high-caliber talent, institutions are reimagining the campus experience to bridge the gap between recruitment and enhanced learning outcomes. Critical to these efforts are cross-discipline convergence, student-centered experiential learning, and enabling collaboration. In this session, RFD presents trends, planning solutions and benchmarking studies for next generation science and engineering facilities, including design considerations for biophilic laboratory spaces. They outline key decisions to make to best leverage complex systems inherent to laboratory focused facilities, and review valuable “lessons learned”. They will also detail examples from recently completed and ‘on-the-boards’ projects from across the United States, and highlight design strategies for planning successful laboratory facilities that provide active and collaborative environments for learning and discovery.