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Program
Requirements:
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Provide a facility
that would assist the University in recruiting nationally prominent
researchers. Combine the research components of five departments within
Arts & Sciences and Engineering. Accommodate widely varying user
specific laboratory needs yet maintain maximum flexibility for rapidly
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Design
Solution:
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The
varied demands of multiple lab types are compressed into a simple,
narrow rectangular plan at the extreme southern edge of the site.
The largest green space on the campus is created from this site.
The slender east facade is placed on axis to a new campus entry street
and a pedestrian axis to the iconic Administration Building dome is
formed between the main building and its Large Scale Testing Lab.
The dramatic 75-foot arch is a focal point of the new quad, and creates
an unmistakably strong identity for the building, yet consciously
derived from the historic styles of earlier architecture on campus.
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Technical
Details:
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Deep
Pile Foundations
Steel Frame Structure
Heavy Gauge Metal Studs with Brick and Cast Stone Veneer
Terrazzo Floor at Atrium
Combination of two pipe HVAC in concert with University Central Plant,
and segregated individual systems pertinent to particular labs (Cleanroom,
Large Scale Testing Lab)
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Cost
Data:
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The
project budget was based upon a national average (adjusted to Louisville)
of $143.00 per square foot for research facilities of this type. The
building’s 80,000-square feet were completed, after all change
orders, for $142.29, for a total cost of $11,383,000.
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Awards:
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American
Institute of Architects Merit Award
Kentuckiana Masonry Award
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