Science/Technology Innovation Hubs

Think What’s Possible

With roots extending back to a two-person partnership formed in 1898, Page is one of the most prolific and enduring architecture and engineering design practices. Page architects, engineers, interior designers, planners, strategic analysts and technical specialists provide services throughout the United States and abroad. Our diverse, international portfolio includes projects in the academic, advanced manufacturing, aviation, civic, corporate, government, hospitality, housing, healthcare, mission critical, and science and technology sectors.

Page is a powerfully imaginative and collaborative architecture and engineering firm: one that’s ready for today and designed for what comes next. We pair form with function, reason with emotion, and ideas with expert implementation. At Page, the potential of what’s possible is paired with the practicality of how to make it happen. Our purpose is designing places smarter, while improving the experiences of those who work, live, and learn in them. From thought to finish, Page experts—of all disciplines— see the big picture, figure the best way forward, and deliver solutions in inventive and amazing ways. Imagine that.

The Page portfolio consists largely of complex projects that benefit from our integrated disciplines and that make a significant impact on the communities they serve. We are guided by the three core values of creativity, collaboration, and commitment, and through the force of these ideals, we live up to our promise of design that makes lives better.

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Think what’s possible

Academic Advanced Manufacturing Aviation

Civic / Community / Culture Commercial / Mixed-use Government

Healthcare

Mission Critical Science / Technology Page Serves The Following Core Markets:

The sky’s the limit with exceptional design and teams that outperform expectations.

Imagine:

• Greater sustainability from the inside out.

• Inspiring workplaces people want to return to.

• Learning environments that attract world class students.

• Health centers designed to make care and lives better.

• Research centers that speed innovation from lab to life.

• Now you’re thinking...Let’s get to work.

Full-service, international architecture, engineering and design leader

We pair the art and science of possibility with how to make it happen. Expect powerfully imaginative and collaborative architecture, engineering and design that makes you ready for today and what comes next. From thought to finish, Page experts—of all disciplines— think outside the box, figure the best way forward, and deliver solutions to complex projects in new, inventive and amazing ways.

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This we believe. As agents for positive change, we are driven by the ideals we hold dear. In the delivery of our services, we are guided by three core values:

Creativity

Think curiosity/innovation/ imagination/optimism/originality.

Collaboration

Think sharing/community/ camaraderie/civility/teamwork.

Commitment

Think integrity/respect/giving/ discipline/rigor.

ARCHITECTURE

Page is known for their well-researched program-driven solutions aided by integrated multidisciplinary expertise and a strategic mindset. We bring global thinking and experience to bear on projects that build communities. Our portfolio reflects a commitment to visionary design, a record of innovation and fresh ideas and most importantly, demonstrated success with complex projects.

We develop a uniquely created design for every project that reflects the building type, client, need and location. We take pride in knowing that a Page project is one of the best possible solutions to the needs of its multiple stakeholders from owner to operator to neighbor.

ENGINEERING

Our in-house engineering experts lead development of the latest industry design codes and standards. Page engineers contribute to progress in safety, wellness, sustainability, energy and carbon neutrality, and increase our impact by working across disciplines. We use a combination of custom tools and Building Information Technology solutions to visualize and communicate how occupants and operations interface with complex integrated building and process systems. Adoption of advances in renewable energy, microgrids, Internet of Things and high-performance systems demonstrate our commitment to socially responsible design. Our multidisciplinary mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection and process engineering practice areas work collaboratively with design and construction partners to bring your concepts to reality.

The University of Oklahoma Biomedical Gallogly Hall / Norman, Oklahoma

INTERIORS

Page believes that well-designed interiors can be a critical force. They help clients accomplish their mission and improve the quality of people’s lives. Just like our interiors in our own offices, our clients’ interiors serve as positive, consistent visual reinforcements of their own cultural identity. By combining the skills of our interior designers with those of our architects, planners, engineers and visualization specialists, we offer our clients a range and quality of single-point responsibility found in a few other places. Our interiors services range from programming, space-planning and officing studies to the selection of furnishings, finishes and artwork.

PLANNING / URBAN DESIGN

We help our clients evolve, grow and prosper because our process is informed by research, cutting-edge technology tools and an appreciation for the unique culture of the people, organizations and places we serve. Our interdisciplinary team of master planners, urban designers, architects, landscape architects and programmers are dedicated to supporting the ongoing evolution of our urban areas, encouraging appropriate development and redevelopment suited to the particular conditions of each site we aim to transform. Through urban districts, institutional campuses, innovation districts, long range development plans, master plans, streetscapes and transit-oriented communities, our teams integrate the building blocks of community, sustainability and resilience into innovative solutions.

LAB PLANNING / DESIGN

Page specializes in challenging projects for demanding clients throughout the globe. Laboratory facilities are among the most intricate and complex projects. The unique challenges posed by highly toxic petrochemical corrosion labs, sterile environments for pharmaceutical manufacturing, biohazard high-containment suites and precise environmental control of animal laboratories are commonplace obstacles overcome by our dedicated technical team of architects and engineers every day. Page has specialists equipped with a thorough understanding of the safety standards and scientific equipment requirements foundational to the success of all laboratories.

BRANDING & GRAPHICS

Our visual identity and experiential designers create brand identities and graphic designs that support how places and environments are experienced. The orchestration of 2-dimensional design work including typography, color, imagery, form, technology and, especially, content, forms this basis. Examples of this work include wayfinding systems, architectural graphics, signage, exhibit design, retail design and themed or branded spaces. We operate at the intersection of communications and the built environment. We provide architectural and placemaking visioning, and create overall design vocabularies that help clients hone in on the possibilities, character and nature of a project.

STRATEGIES / ANALYTICS

To support clients before and beyond traditional professional services, we have a dedicated strategies and analytics team that develops and employs a broad array of tools, techniques and processes to help our clients make informed project decisions sometimes before the nature of or need for a facility or real estate project is confirmed. Our team members collaborate with Page and consultant specialists to clarify goals, assemble information and evaluate alternatives. The team’s understanding of business dynamics and organizational complexities allows them to efficiently and effectively facilitate productive discussions and target research. Custom data exploration and visualization differentiate our deliverables that help bring clients and their stakeholders into the evaluation process.

BUILDING SCIENCES

Page approaches sustainable design through the interdisciplinary lens of building sciences to create higher-performing, healthier, more resilient buildings. As one of the first signatories of AIA 2030 Commitment, we are invested in leading the industry towards carbonneutral buildings and advocating for resilient solutions to help our clients prepare for the future. We believe that intention requires rigor and through our data-driven and integrative process, we collaborate early and often to ensure designs are informed by our building performance analysis informs design. With experience across a wide range of environmental certification systems, our multidisciplinary team is well qualified to provide a holistic and comprehensive approach to sustainable design.

COMMISSIONING

Page recognizes the level of investment and importance of facilities that function as designed from the day they open. Our Commissioning service provides a level of confidence to owners and operators as well as minimizes costly construction rework. This is accomplished through a collaborative process that includes the building owner, design professionals and the general contractor under the guiding hand of the Commissioning Authority. As a Certified Commissioning Firm, we adhere to exacting, providing our clients support construction quality. We perform Testing, Adjusting, and Balancing in accordance with NEBB standards. As an independent testing firm, we have no affiliation with general or installation contractors.

PROCESS ENGINEERING

Page process engineers work with industrial and high technology clients to develop industrial and chemical processes to support their manufacturing needs. Through our work with advanced technology clients, we have an acute sensitivity to the need for precision, accuracy and compliance with each client’s unique production needs. We work collaboratively with clients using a comprehensive programming process to understand their manufacturing flow and process requirements, and design systems that ensure safety and manufacturing standards are met or exceeded. Our team utilizes industry standard process flow diagrams, three-dimensional modeling software and instrument specifications to determine the needed infrastructure for successful facility and process design, and equipment installation.

Science / Technology Think beyond the bench

EXPERIENCE AND SERVICES

Biocontainment

Vivaria

Instrumentation

Cleanroom

Advanced Manufacturing

Laboratory Planning

Building Assessment

Data Analytics

Fabrication Workshops

1M+

Our lab planners program and design more than one million GSF of specialized research space annually.

What’s your thing? Nanofabrication, planetary science, or biomedical engineering? Or is it unraveling the mysteries of nature, from the fundamental laws of physics to the intricate workings of the human brain?

Whatever your thing, we’re interested in the relentless pursuit of knowledge. Let’s explore how data-driven solutions and rigorous design thinking can shape everything from transdisciplinary research to high-containment facilities. How can we help you push the boundaries of what’s known, tackle society’s biggest challenges, and empower your purpose?

Innovation Hubs

Creating meaningful and spontaneous connections through ambitious innovation hubs.

As the science and technology industry transitions to a more collaborative and forward-thinking environment, Page has set the stage for design that nurtures the next generation of scientists and engineers at the speed industry moves.

Research and development are driven through high-caliber teamwork, but the next big discovery comes from the fusion of ideas from multiple disciplines. Page’s unique understanding of innovation hubs encourage “cross-pollination” academia, industry, government and community stakeholders on a natural yet anticipated scale.

The College of New Jersey STEM Building / Ewing, New Jersey

Texas A&M University System RELLIS Campus Master Plan / Bryan, Texas

Zero Irving Union Square Tech Training Center / New York, New York

Northeastern University Mixed Use Research Building / Burlington, Massachusetts

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Goodwin Hall / Blacksburg, Virginia

University of Delaware Evans Hall Lab Renovation / Newark, Delaware

Northeastern University Innovation Campus / Burlington, Massachusetts

Oregon State University Cascades Long Range Development Plan / Bend, Oregon

George Mason University Fuse at Mason Square / Arlington, Virginia

University of Maryland

The A. James Clark School of Engineering (Idea Factory) / College Park, Maryland

Seattle University

The Jim and Janet Sinegal Center for Science and Innovation

At a Glance

Project Size

275,000 Square Feet

Services Provided Architecture / Planning / Lab Design

Discovery through science with application through engineering are side-by-side in Seattle University’s new Center for Science and Innovation (CSI). Here, students think about possibilities, make connections, and act for the good of the community. Linked with the university’s Bannan Center for Science and Engineering, the CSI is the future of STEM for Seattle University.

At the new Center for Science and Innovation (CSI) street level, makerspaces hum with robotics and 3D printers. Engineering students share ideas while waiting in line for lattes. Soon, they’ll meet with mentors from Amazon or Microsoft in high-tech huddle rooms. You’ll also find computer science students working in corporate-style spaces where teams take a hoteling approach, using available tables for workspace and lockers for storage.

The top four floors are packed with biology and chemistry classrooms and research labs. Featuring laboratory planning for the 21st century, the CSI showcases sliding glass doors that seamlessly connect teaching and research spaces. While they’re in class, undergraduate biology and chemistry students can sneak peeks at research happening right next door.

Creating connections across campus and a dynamic public concourse, the CSI offers amenities like the café, coffee shop, and radio station for all to share. A large classroom on the first floor serves as an academic space by day and an activities room by night. There is an event area on the second floor for dining and fundraising activities. A good neighbor to the community, the CSI also is home to the Center for Community Engagement supporting local children and their families. Mithun was the local/executive architect.

WENDELL, NORTH CAROLINA

At a Glance Project

Size

667,000 Square Feet

Services Provided Planning / Project Management / Energy Analysis

Campus master plan to design organizes seven buildings around the central core of campus, welcoming visitors and reinforcing a connection to nature with its pedestrian walkways, landscape, and views of a natural wetlands area. Determining the optimal layout for the campus buildings involved a balance of functional needs, energyefficient building orientation, environmental sensitivity, and creation of high-quality outdoor spaces that support students’ experiences.

Campus

BURLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS

At a Glance

Project Size

104,000 Square Feet

Services Provided

Architecture / Programming / Planning / Lab Planning / MEP Engineering / AV and Acoustics / Interiors

The Mixed-Use Research Building serves as a scientific hub and cornerstone for the University’s Innovation Campus with a facility that supports an array of academic, government, and private industry research partners collaborating on solutions to enhance the capacity of communities, critical systems, and infrastructure to withstand, respond to, and recover from man-made and natural catastrophes. This building accommodates flexible laboratory space, shared scientific core facilities, high-bay makerspace containing high-tech equipment, including 3-D printers and other prototyping technology, and a conferencing center for students, faculty, and research partners across campus. It is also the home of the university’s Biopharmaceutical Analysis Training Laboratory, which offers training and experiential learning on the intricacies of regulatory considerations for pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, and other related health products.

A roof-level observation terrace allows monitoring of activities in the adjacent Unmanned Aircraft Systems (drone) Testing Facility, which is designed for engineering, prototyping, and fabrication of a range of autonomous systems including aerial drones, underwater UAVs, and autonomous land vehicles. Unique facilities include an outdoor UAS testing facility with RFI attenuation, a high bay fabrication and precision prototyping facility, and shell space for vibration sensitive research instruments. Our integrated A/E design optimizes building efficiency by providing more net assignable space while reducing gross building area. A unitized curtain wall system, prefabricated duct and piping assemblies, and pre-assembled head-end MEP equipment were installed and offer innovative, energy-saving systems to save on first costs while reducing operating costs over the life of the building.

Texas A&M University RELLIS Campus Master Plan

BRYAN, TEXAS

At a Glance

Project Size

1,800 Acres

Services Provided Programming / Planning / Project Management / Energy Analysis

This 1,800-acre, largely undeveloped site was transformed into a new high-tech, multi-institutional teaching, research, testing and workforce development campus. This transformation enhances and expands the University’s ability to provide opportunities for education and training, expand teaching and research capabilities and foster industry partnerships. The master plan sets forth a strategic vision, framework, and design guidance for the campus’s development over the next 20+ years. The planning process included extensive collaboration with multiple committees and stakeholders that helped identify unique opportunities to create a new transitional paradigm for the campus. Immediate infrastructure recommendations frame long-term development goals to support future teaching and research facilities, training facilities and testing grounds and a mixture of student housing types. The connected, open space network further supports interaction between students, faculty, staff and visitors by encouraging social activation. Upon completing the master plan, Page led the development of a campus-wide infrastructure plan and designed the first of three academic buildings in the development of Phase 1.

University of Maryland

The A. James Clark School of Engineering

COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND

At a Glance

Project Size

60,000 Square Feet

Services Provided Master Planning / Architecture / Interior Design / Design Documentation / Construction Administration

Pushing the limits of what’s possible, the team designed a building that defies gravity — floating a solid box of flexible research space above two glass levels of student innovation and collaboration spaces.

Dubbed the IDEA Factory, the street level invites onlookers to peer inside and see the energy of entrepreneurship at the heart of the Clark School’s reputation. You’ll find undergraduates sharing tools in the Rapid Prototyping Lab, preparing for design competitions in the “ALEx Garage” innovation workspace, or working on next generation apps in the Startup Shell, an incubator for student-run startups. The Shell already has generated over 60 ventures, valuing $20M and growing.

Then the second floor, sheathed in glass, encourages students, faculty and staff to grab a bite of the best food on campus while exchanging thoughts in collaboration areas and conference rooms. Great ideas often emerge after faculty lunch-time presentations and create buzz in this social hub for the engineering school. Floating above these inviting spaces, the box of research labs allows walls to be reconfigured in a snap, providing the University unprecedented ease in adapting to research demands. Home to the Alfred Gessow Rotorcraft Center, drones zoom by, and students explore bio mimicry in the Robotics Realization Lab. Tucked away below ground is the Quantum Technology Center, hosting sensitive equipment harnessing the power of the very small.

Combined, the IDEA Factory is a place of curiosity, energy and exploration, educating 21st-century engineering leaders.

George Mason University

Fuse at Mason Square

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA

At a Glance

Project Size

360,500 Square Feet

Services Provided Architecture / Programming / Planning / Lab Design / Engineering / Sustainability

Dedicated to creating the next generation of Northern Virginia’s technology workforce, Fuse at Mason Square will house graduatelevel education and interdisciplinary research in a broad range of programs, including computing, artificial intelligence, data analytics, and cyber security, among others.

Transparency, openness, and connectivity drove the development of the proposed design intended to physically and visually welcome students, educators, entrepreneurs, industry partners, and the community.

Conceived as a series of vertical neighborhoods stacked throughout the structure, Fuse’s design creates a “Main Street” or collaboration spine on each floor with a wide pathway that encourages spontaneous connections between Mason and industry partners. Cross-pollination zones also support a mixing-bowl approach to programming — intentionally interweaving Mason’s programs with partners’ spaces on every floor — encouraging connection and teamwork.

Each floor offers a loft-lab or deep lab block with column-free structural bays that meet educational and workplace needs by accommodating large classrooms and open and private offices. And a Specialty Lab core — located on multiple floors — offers a centralized resource of advanced research spaces. Creating a marquee environment for Mason and industry partners, Fuse boasts open spaces filled with daylight and access to outdoor areas at multiple levels. From the inside out and outside in, you’ll discover dynamic learning, research, and innovation space, bolstering Mason’s efforts to recruit and retain the best and brightest.

Oregon State University Cascades Long Range Development Plan

At a Glance

Project Size

128 Acres

Services Provided Master Planning / Urban Design / Sustainability / Community Outreach / Net Zero Strategy / Programming

This plan guides development for a new campus and creates a vision to support the growth of the first four-year University in Central Oregon and a physical manifestation of the University’s values of innovation, wellness, and sustainability. Resilience is a key driver for the plan, resulting in a campus with sustainability, flexibility, and efficiency integrated into every level of development. The goals for Triple Net Zero water, energy, and waste, reflect the University’s and community’s core values and are expressed in the form of a campus living laboratory. Infrastructure for renewable energy generation, water management, and waste sorting is made visible and becomes an important aspect of the campus experience. The 128-acre campus is sited on a former pumice mine and landfill in need of extensive environmental remediation and site engineering to allow for development. Respecting the dramatic site conditions and rehabilitating the high desert ecosystem led to a carefully crafted plan that is uniquely of its place while furthering the vision for the University’s future. In order to meet the need for community facilities and services in concert with the University’s own needs, the plan establishes a creative framework for public-private partnerships within a mixed-use innovation district.

Zero Irving Technology Hub

NEW YORK, NEW YORK

At a Glance

Project Size

240,000 Square Feet

Services Provided

Architecture / Programming / Branding & Graphics

Zero Irving is a new 21-Story, 240,000-square-foot office development in the Union Square district of New York City.

The project, envisioned in support of the NYCEDC’s goals, is designed as a “Tech Hub” integrating a Class A office building on the upper floors supporting a range of users that drive NYC innovation and employment on the lower floors. Zero Irving houses a Food Hall; a community event space; Civic Hall, a non-profit providing digital skills training and employment development; Step-Up Office Space; as well as Traditional Office Space. Tenant shared amenities include a gym and a landscaped roof terrace.

The building was designed to energize a deactivated stretch of 14th Street. A slide-away glass façade directly opens to the street, providing direct connection from streetscape through the Food Hall to a rear yard terrace. Vertically stacked double height communal “living” rooms form a spine for the project and provide an artful anchor to the building.

Zero Irving’s industrial design provides an authentic, elegant core and shell design that allows for maximum flexibility and adaptation to technological advancement. Two cores bookend a central, open floorplate that is reconfigurable and easily supports the distribution of building services for the different program types. Zero Irving is certified LEED GOLD and WiredScore Platinum. The building’s sustainability initiatives are interwoven with its tech infrastructure and are showcased as part of an interactive display in the lobby that extends out to the street.

LEED gold

University of California, Berkeley Richmond Bay Campus

Long Range Development Plan

RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA

At a Glance

Project Size

134 Acres

Services Provided

Programming / Planning / Project Management

The University of California intends to establish a new major research campus in Richmond, a short drive from the main campus in Berkeley, to allow development of research and teaching facilities for UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) as well as other institutional and industry partners. The Berkeley Richmond Bay Campus will further build the synergistic relationship of the two institutions and create resiliency through research partnerships and engagement beyond traditional university bounds.

The Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) is a comprehensive document that establishes the land use patterns and relevant policies to guide implementation of facilities and infrastructure in the development of the campus. The LRDP includes descriptions of the need for the new site as well as the character and conditions surrounding the Berkeley Global Campus and at the site itself. It includes a discussion of the instruction and research to be conducted and the intended symbiotic relationship between the Berkeley Richmond Bay Campus and the City of Richmond. The LRDP identifies the physical design vision that will guide the longterm development of the campus as a model of sustainability and an environment that will foster the collaboration that is essential to discovery and innovation. The proposed development of the campus is informed and guided by a commitment to the highest standards of sustainability in planning, design and operations. The accompanying Physical Design Framework describes the vision for the physical manifestation of the campus and articulates the planning and design principles necessary to build a cohesive and distinctive campus as development proceeds over time.

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