Oregon Health and Science University's Knight Cancer Research Building
Portland, Oregon
The Knight Cancer Research Building, is a facility dedicated to the mission of ending cancer as we know it. The 320,000-square-foot building’s unique design will bring together people from different scientific disciplines with the goal of accelerating research progress. With a capacity of 650 occupants, the building will house the majority of researchers contributing to the Knight...
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Portland, Oregon
The Knight Cancer Research Building, is a facility dedicated to the mission of ending cancer as we know it. The 320,000-square-foot building’s unique design will bring together people from different scientific disciplines with the goal of accelerating research progress. With a capacity of 650 occupants, the building will house the majority of researchers contributing to the Knight Cancer Institute’s mission. The building will house CEDAR — Cancer Early Detection Advanced Research Center — the first large-scale early cancer detection program of its kind. Key building features include intellectual and social hubs; centralized, shared equipment and research core facilities; and an open laboratory design, all with the intent to foster collaborative work. The research labs are a balanced mix of wet labs, which use liquids, chemicals or drugs to conduct experiments, and dry labs, which use computers or computer-generated models in analyzing biological data.
Each person will have access to daylight in a high-performance, environmentally sustainable workplace featuring materials that are toxin- and carcinogen-free. The building's design and construction team anticipate a LEED Platinum certification.
Architect: SRG Partnership
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