• 34,000 s.f. moderately-priced tilt-wall building; modular lab clusters •
• design facilitates collaboration among Scientists, Lab Directors •
• highly functional plan has variety of meeting spaces, sizes •
• tiered auditorium equipped with rear projection and video-conferencing •
• interior millwork received AWI award of excellence •
• projecting bricks on exterior creates rich shadow play •
• facility for fabrication of steel water tower components •
• slabs of steel are offloaded with electro-magnetic cranes •
• computerized plasma torches and pneumatic rollers shape pieces •
• homogenizer oven oscillates over pallets of 14” diam. aluminum logs •
• careful coordination of equipment specs and tilt-wall building shell •
• master-planned with two other RWA-designed buildings at same site •
• schematic design options for display of world’s premier OTR trucks •
• glass wall for visibility, and passive solar shading devices •
• platforms and bridge provide views from above and below •