Basic Science Building 1st Floor Reno

After eight years of continued expansion, the Brain Tumor Immunotherapy Program at the University of Florida needed an upgraded space to house its research. This 13,000 SF lab and office renovation provided a revitalized workplace experience, introducing agile design concepts to give the team more space, flexibility, and connection.

The renovated space accommodates faculty offices, researcher dry workspace, and a state of the art wet-lab for cell and molecular biology, which contains cell culture rooms as well as traditional molecular biology workstations.

To help foster a culture of collaboration, our design included ample laboratory space right next to private meeting rooms, surrounding a main conference room that can be opened to the rest of the workspace or closed for private meetings, depending on the demands of the day. 

Typical facilities may have researchers separated from one another, necessitating the purchase of the same equipment, multiple times. By unifying the space, we created an environment that facilitates sharing of equipment and ideas alike. It’s a different approach to supporting research, and the first of its kind on the University of Florida campus.