Awards

ElevateBio’s BaseCamp Wins ISPE Award

Boston – ElevateBio’s BaseCamp has been selected as the 2021 Facility of the Year Awards (FOYA) category winner for operational excellence by the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE).

ElevateBio selected DPS Group and its design affiliate, TRIA, to provide its synergistic services for engineering design, architecture, consulting, and interior design services for the fit-out of a raw warehouse space into a state-of-the art cGMP development and manufacturing facility for novel therapeutic technologies.

Designed to feel like a “BaseCamp,” a physical foundation point for the incremental climb in the company’s growth, ElevateBio’s new facility features a collaborative open plan office and amenities that promote interaction and provide flexible production suites for GMP manufacturing, laboratories, and a range of supporting utility and warehouse areas.

After evaluating and advising ElevateBio about potential locations for a retrofit, DPS and ElevateBio designed the GMP manufacturing space for this project. The design incorporates

ElevateBio’s BaseCamp separate suites for viral vector production and cell therapy processing and was informed by modeling numerous process equipment scenarios for typical upstream and downstream processing of CGTs. DPS, TRIA, and ElevateBio worked collaboratively to design the GMP manufacturing spaces to be flexible

How Successful Multifamily Project Teams Are Designing Inspiring, Healthy Interiors

continued from page 28 enough to accommodate research, process development, and manufacturing for different technologies and cell and gene therapy products. DPS services included feasibility study, schematic design, design development, construction documents, construction administration, and CQV support.

TRIA’s design for ElevateBio’s open office and lab space embraced the ceiling heights, abundant natural light, exposed steel beams, and other original features of the former postal service distribution center. The BaseCamp concept blends a comfortable, nature-based color palette with the industrial aesthetic of the existing building, using a light-toned wooden ceiling lattice to highlight the exposed ductwork and help to scale the expansive ceilings of 16 to 24 feet in areas.

Other project team members include The Richmond Group, construction management; McNamara/Salvia, engineering; Thompson Consulting, Inc., engineering; New England Controls, automation/controls); and 42° Solutions, commissioning, qualification and validation.

enhance creativity and productivity.

Natural materials are also crucial for promoting healthy indoor environments. Where possible, design teams should specify cork, wood, and similar materials instead of vinyl and plastics. In addition to lower levels of toxic compounds, natural materials have a beneficial calming and soothing effect.

Get the Light Right

Studies also show the positive mental health benefits of good lighting, from both natural sources and from well-designed artificial illumination. This means that a thoughtful lighting strategy can have a significant impact on how residents feel inside a multifamily property. For example, smart design teams utilize sunlight to emphasize and activate interior spaces such as a resident lounge. Sun studies early in the planning process can help align interior programming with the most effective daylighting.

When it comes to artificial light, tunable LED lights are today’s most compelling solution. With a range of brightness and color temperatures, high-quality LEDs give users maximum control over how to light a space. Dimming lights can be effective as well. Considering that exterior lighting changes frequently over the course of a day, interior light levels should adjust also to maintain a comfortable environment. Artwork is also a major component that should be thoughtfully selected and illuminated — it can create a powerful statement invoking positive emotion and provides an indirect opportunity to experience nature.

Elan Union Market, Watertown, Mass.

Thinking Creatively, Both Big and Small

Ultimately, designing a truly healthy multifamily environment requires creativity at all scales. This can mean thinking about the smaller details – for instance, specifying hands-free motion sensor fixtures and doors so there are fewer points of contact for germs to spread. It can also mean thinking elastically about the larger design decisions like reimagining an entire amenities package, perhaps by creating maker spaces that allow residents to express creativity in a therapeutic way. With these and other thoughtful strategies, design teams can realize powerful interior environments that improve residents’ lives and stand apart from the crowd.

Jennifer Phan, NCIDQ, LEED GA, IIDA, is an interior designer with The Architectural Team, Inc. (TAT).

AIA Awards Boston Libraries

Valente Library

Washington – The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the American Library Association (ALA) awarded five libraries with the 2021 AIA/ALA Library Building Awards for excellence in architectural design.

The Roxbury branch of the Boston Public Library in Boston, and the Valente Branch Library in Cambridge, Mass. are two of the award winners.

The Roxbury branch of the Boston Public Library was originally designed in 1978 by Kallmann and McKinnell Architects. During the 2020 renovation, the opaque facade was replaced with expanses of clear glass. Much of the library is wrapped in a timber and glass curtain wall that helps reduce energy consumption while filtering the natural light entering the grand reading room.

The library’s front door was relocated and the entrance is capped with a new entry canopy and garden that doubles as a gathering spot thanks to its terracotta sunshade. Interior glass walls and portions of the second floor were removed to draw in natural light while amplifying the drama of the original design.

The existing exposed concrete has been softened by wood accents, such

SLR Honored by ACEC-NH

Windham, NH – The SLR-designed Marston-Finn Conservation Dam in Windham (formerly Moeckel Pond Dam) was recently awarded an Engineering Excellence Silver Award by the American Council of Engineering Companies, New Hampshire chapter.

The annual awards celebrate excellence in the consulting engineering profession and recognize the best engineering works of the past year.

Bedford-based SLR (previously Milone & MacBroom, Inc.) oversaw design of the dam’s required assessment, design of improvements, and construction inspection, with support from project partner The H. L. Turner Group Inc. for hydrologic and hydraulic analyses.

The design team, led by Charles Eric Teale, principal geotechnical engineer at SLR, was tasked with developing a solution to increase the spillway capacity without increasing the dam footprint, lowering the impoundment, or increasing the downstream flood flows while simultaneously preserving historic attributes of this over 200-year-old grist mill dam. The result was a unique, sustainable, and economically prudent design solution utilizing a labyrinth weir spillway.

Roxury Branch of the Boston Public Library

as bookshelves and ceiling baffles, and playful elements, including a custom mural of a storybook landscape replete with reading animals and insects, were added to the children’s area. The architect for the project is Utile, Inc.

The 10,000sf Valente Branch Library in Cambridge is an anchor in a much larger community-focused complex. It serves both nearby schools and the greater community, providing learning spaces for families and patrons of all ages. The focus is shifted from a place to store books and volumes to a place for gathering and the exchange of ideas.

At more than twice the size of its previous location, the library’s newest home reconnected the city and park through its central green spine, positioning the library as a critical community and educational resource.

The team embraced social justice as one of the project’s core values and designed it for universal access. The library reflects the cultural diversity of the city, where more than 50 different languages are spoken. The architect for the project is William Rawn Associates, Architects, Inc.

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