University of California, Berkeley, Stanley Hall

UC Berkeley Stanley Hall A New Benchmark for Flexible, Interdisciplinary Research Buildings

PROJECT INFORMATION

Building Owner

University of California– Berkeley

Owner Contact

Robert Bluhm, Assistant Director, Capital Projects Susan Marqusee, MD, PhD, Associate Director of QB3

Project Type Principal Building Function Project Delivery Method

New construction University biophysical sciences research facility CM/GC

Construction Cost

$125 million

Total Project Cost

$162.3 million

Construction Cost per SF Total NSF Lab Space Instructional Space Office Space Common/Shared Areas Total GSF Building Efficiency Building Population People Density Building Services

Lab/Planning Module Office/Workstation Size Typical Office Special Equipment

Overall HVAC Requirements Overall Power Requirements Building Power Capacity Total Design Load Power Density Lighting Power Density Structure Foundation Type

$431 158,000 119,300 ASF 10,200 ASF 23,700 ASF 4,800 ASF 290,000 54.5% 650 446 GSF per person Lab natural gas, lab air (30psi and 100psi), lab vacuum, DI water, nitrogen gas, liquid nitrogen 10’6” x 30’0”

145 SF Electron microscopes; Class 1,000 and Class 10,000 clean rooms and nanofabrication facilities; 900 MHz and 800 MHz NMR suite; specialized low-vibration optical suites approximately 1.7 CFM/GSF

8,000 kVA 23 watts/SF 1.3 watts/SF Concrete frame from basement levels B3 to B1 and steel frame structure above level one, with unbonded braces

Casework

Conventional wood casework with epoxy tops Fisher Hamilton, Two Rivers, Wisconsin

Fume Hoods

105 fume hoods: (2) 4’ , (10) 5’ , (87) 6’ , (6) 8’ Fisher Hamilton, Two Rivers, Wisconsin

Biosafety Cabinets

(17) 4’ A2’s, (2) 6’ A2’s, (2) 4’ B2’s, (2) 6’ B2’s Nu Aire, Sanford, Maine

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SITE PLAN

1 Stanley Hall 2 Hearst Mining Building

Stanley Hall

3 Evans Hall 4 Mining Circle 5 Memorial Glade 6 Bancroft Library

University of California– Berkeley

UNIVERSITY FOCUS

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

The Stanley Hall replacement project on the

Specifically, the new 11-story facility (3 below

Berkeley campus of the University of California

grade; 8 above grade) will foster collaboration

will create space for programs at the intersection

and advancement in the fields of biophysical

of the biological and physical sciences and

sciences where the lines between one discipline

engineering, including the new Department of

and the next have become increasingly blurred.

Bioengineering. The building furthers Berkeley’s

Major program elements include research and

efforts to focus interdisciplinary research on

teaching laboratories, offices, nanofabrication

solving society’s most pressing needs through

facilities, cleanrooms (class 1,000 and 10,000),

the campus’s Health Sciences Initiative. It will

support functions, lecture halls, an NMR

house the new California Institute for Quantitative

suite, specialized low-vibration optical suites,

Biomedical Research (known as QB3). Berkeley’s

a multimedia/distance learning center and

next-generation biophysical sciences building,

administrative space. The building is flexible in its

housing approximately 40 scientists, state-of-

layout and integrates adaptable building systems

the-art computational laboratories and the most

and infrastructure to respond to new and evolving

advanced instruments, will be located on the

multidisciplinary research protocols.

site of the existing Stanley Hall, which warranted replacing to meet current seismic codes.

SITE AND CONTEXT

The building responds to its sloping site and its rich architectural context, bridging the classical Beaux Arts and Arts and Crafts traditions of the Berkeley campus. The design solution mitigates the impact of the large program requirements on this small, sensitive site. The building is stepped with smaller elements of a more appropriate scale located adjacent to the historic Hearst Mining Building and Mining Circle.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERACTION

A five-story atrium bridges lower-scale elements with a taller tower to the east. This “great room” also forms the heart of the building and provides visual connections between researchers on multiple floors. Conference rooms and interaction spaces are located on every floor. The main entry to the new building is located on axis to Mining Circle. Auditoriums and classroom spaces are located around the atrium adjacent to the entry, with a café and terrace overlooking the Circle. A terrace at the first basement level is located along the south, adjacent to the five-story atrium. An open stairway connects this level to the floor above, allowing interaction among the researchers, students and the public.

Shared workrooms and other common needs spaces were located outside the labs to encourage interaction.

LABORATORIES

This is one of the few biophysical science research facilities in the United States. The goal was to create an interdisciplinary environment for research among scientists primarily from four different departments (biology, chemistry, physics and bioengineering) organized around research themes. Approximately 50 percent of the labs are like those normally associated with biological research. A portion of these have greater fumehood density for chemical synthesis.

Both of these types have support functions such as cold rooms, shared equipment labs, glasswash/ media prep areas, and dark rooms. Interwoven among these bench labs are computational suites that, by their co-location, enhance a synergistic relationship between experimental and theoretical approaches to research problems. In addition, an important component of the imaging laboratories is high-bay space that houses NMRs (ranging from 500 to 900 megahertz units), electron microscopes, and specialized low-vibration optical suites. There is also a bio-nanotechnology center, which contains clean room space to support lithography and thin film deposition. The space includes class 1,000 and 10,000 (with localized class 100) clean rooms.

University of California, Berkeley

Stanley Quantitative biosciences & Bioengineering

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interspersed research disciplines Computation Suite Support Structural Bio MRL Computer Workroom Physics MRL Chemistry MRL X-ray Generation

interspersed research disciplines Computation Suite Computation Suite Support Support Structural StructuralBio Bio MRL Interaction/Workroom Computer Workroom Imaging Physics MRL

Chemistry MRL Chemistry X-ray X-rayFacility Generation Applied Biology

Research themes are mixed throughout the building. Generic labs were designed to allow optimal functionality across themes (optimal size = 15 scientists).

Neighborhoods of approximately four labs were created, blending computational with experimental types of labs.

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FIRST FLOOR PLAN

1 Atrium 2 Bio-Nanotechnology Center 3 120-Seat Auditorium 4 299-Seat Auditorium 5 Building Entry 6 Cafe 7 Multimedia Classroom 8 Student Offices

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SECOND FLOOR PLAN

1 Laboratory 2 Office 3 Auditorium/Conference/Interaction Spaces 4 Terrace/Balcony 5 Computation 6 NMR Suite

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THIRD FLOOR PLAN

1 Laboratory 2 Office 3 Conference/Interaction Spaces 4 Lobby 5 Computation

BIO-NANOTECHNOLOGY CENTER (Level 1) 2 1 Class 1,000 Cleanroom

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2 Class 10,000 Cleanroom

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3 Tissue Culture 4 Computational & Visualization Lab 5 Instructional Lab 6 Generic Biolab 3 6

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IMAGING & SPECIALIZED OPTICS CENTER (Level B-3) 2

1 NMR Suite 2 Electron Microscopy Suite

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TYPICAL LABORATORY

BUILDING EXTERIOR

The smaller scale facade facing Mining Circle is clad in Sierra white granite, the material used on the majority of the Beaux Arts buildings on campus, with a copper attic story at level three.

The upper mass is partially clad in naturally weathered copper, a traditional craft material used on many campus buildings. The combination of stone and copper cladding helps to break down the visual mass of the building.

PROJECT TEAM

Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects LLP Architect

Research Facilities Design Laboratory Planner

Bard, Rao + Athanas Consulting Engineers Mechanical / Electrical / Plumbing Engineer

Rutherford & Chekene Structural Engineer

McCarthy Building Company Contractor

“The facility will be an architectural example of the new paradigm for interdisciplinary research, providing exceptionally flexible and modular laboratories for constantly evolving teams and initiatives.”

Robert Bluhm, Assistant Director University of California– Berkeley