plant science and corporate research facility Science + Technology
HOK
HOK is a global provider of planning, design and delivery solutions for the built environment. Since the firm’s founding in 1955, HOK has developed into one of the world’s largest, most diverse and respected design practices. The firm employs more than 1,500 professionals linked across a global network of 24 offices on three continents.
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Through a network of 24 offices worldwide, we provide design excellence and innovation to create places that enrich people’s lives and help clients succeed.
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H O K S C I EN C E + T EC H N O L O GY
In response to the growing need to fully service the unique organizational and scientific challenges facing our clients in science and technology organizations, the HOK Science + Technology group was born. This group of expert professionals brings innovative facility design to our most complex projects around the world. We innovate by approaching projects from different angles. HOK’s professionals bring integrated or individual services including: » Architecture
» Planning + Urban Design
» Consulting
» Renovation + Restoration
» Facility Programming
» Space Management
» Interior Design
» Structural Enagineering
» Laboratory Design
» Sustainability Consulting
» Landscape Architecture
» Visual Communications
» Lighting Design
P L A N T S C I EN C E FAC I L I T I E S : T H E C H A L L EN G E
world-changing science to solve global agricultural challenges Research in the post-genomics era of plant science allows scientists to translate new knowledge for the benefit of human + animal nutrition and health; improve the sustainability of agriculture worldwide; facilitate the rapid development and commercialization of promising technologies and products; and contribute to the education of students of all ages.
Laboratories Housing Plant Science Research Often Require Particular Design Attention The unique combination of offices, laboratories, and greenhouses for conducting plant growth experiments are subject to significant design conditions, as they must maintain safe and precise environmental control over a wide range of space temperatures, humidity, air quality, and air movement. Orientation must be carefully chosen to minimize shadows cast on any greenhouses. Sophisticated electrical and mechanical systems are required to meet the critical loads of the laboratories, plant growth rooms and chambers, greenhouses and computational labs.
P L A N T S C I EN C E FAC I L I T I E S : T H E C H A L L EN G E
scientific workplace of the future The nature of the scientific workplace is undergoing fundamental change as new technologies drive options for how, when, and where people work. The imperative for science organizations becomes how to align space, technology, and workforce strategies with business goals. Over the past 5 years, HOK has worked closely with industry leading companies such as Eli Lilly, AstraZeneca/ Medimmune, AbbVie and GlaxoSmithKline in the development of a new scientific workplace unique to the needs of each organization. Providing the right research environments at an affordable cost is a critical challenge for organizations tasked with providing scientific workplaces that promote innovation, knowledge transfer, collaboration and effectiveness. Behavioral science can teach organizations about human performance, health and well-being; in turn, these factors impact workplace design. Workplace solutions for the next generation of researchers must accommodate a more mobile workforce, new models of collaboration, emerging technology and sustainable design goals.
valent biosciences Libertyville, Illinois HOK designed state-of-the-art research labs in an existing building structure that promotes innovation and collaboration at Valent, a global leader in the development and commercialization of biorational products. Their former research facilities were spread out over 6 buildings and in greenhouses remote from one another on campus. The new facility rings all the researchers’ workspace and labs under one roof and connected to the greenhouses. HOK worked with Valent leadership to develop new standards for office space and labs. The team eliminated private offices and increasing quiet spaces and small meeting rooms to allow the researchers choices as to where and how they work. The shift allowed more flexibility in the space types and individual comfort.
benson hill Creve Coeur, Missouri A 96,385 sf space with 22,525 of lab, Benson Hill Biosystems new corporate space is located in the 39 North AgTech Innovation District in Creve Coeur, Missouri. Designed to accommodate their corporate headquarters and research facilities, this space includes a large seed storage facility, culture lab, biochemistry and genetic research labs.
PROJECT DIAGRAM (image courtesy of Benson Hill)
benson hill crop accelerator Creve Coeur, Missouri Benson Hill is a food tech company unlocking nature’s genetic diversity with its cutting-edge food innovation engine. To address their expanding research needs in St. Louis, HOK was engaged to program and design a renovation of an existing 47,000 sq. ft. light-industrial building in St. Louis’s 39 North Innovation District. The new crop accelerator research facility is designed to accommodate research labs, automated pot and flat filling, seed handling areas, office and meeting space, and up to 45 growth chambers ranging in size from 200 sq. ft. to 1000 sq. ft. The state-of-the-art, controlled environment facility will enable plant breeding to develop varieties up to four years faster than traditional research facilities. The Crop Accelerator will enable rapid development of feed, food and ingredients positioning farmers and food companies to grow and deliver products with the attributes consumers are looking for, including improved taste and nutrition.
4340 duncan St. Louis, Missouri Adaptive reuse of an historic 1930s St. Louis Post-Dispatch printing facility as 90,000 square feet of office, lab and modular spaces for biotech startups. As part of the Cortex Innovation Community, the renovated space was designed with growing tech companies in mind. The space includes rentable, state-of-the-art lab and flexible office to support St. Louis startups in need of affordable, functional space that sparks collaboration and innovation. HOK has designed spaces for the following tenants: • • • • • •
Biogenerator BioSTL Confluence Discovery Technologies C2N Diagnostics Arch Oncology C2N Diagnostics
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donald danforth plant science center St. Louis, Missouri With a major objective to create a research institute that would put St. Louis at the forefront of plant science discovery, six organizations in the St. Louis region formed a partnership and challenged HOK (with designer NGP) to create a highly-interactive flexible, sustainable, world-class plant science institute that now includes the Enterprise Rent-a-Car Institute for Renewable Fuels.
astrazeneca San Francisco, California AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals’ new facility brings together Bay Area employees from four business units to advance scientific innovation. The workplace is located in the Cove at Oyster Point, a new life sciences development at the epicenter of the region’s biotech and technology community. Flexible lab space and an open office environment incorporate AstraZeneca’s iWork activitybased work processes. Employees of the four subsidiaries—Acerta Pharma, MedImmune, Pearl Therapeutics and AstraZeneca’s TIDE (Technology Innovation & Delivery Excellence)— work side-by-side to support each organization’s mission.
discovery square Rochester, Minnesota The Discovery Square Innovation Hub started as a set of ideas and a vision to take an exemplary organization, one that is pre-eminent in care, research, and education, and catalyze it with a new development to continue its evolution. This multi-tenant facility designed by HOK is occupied by: • • • • • •
Mayo Clinic UMR (u of Minnesota Rochester) EPIC WUXi Diagnostics Motion Medical Café Stream
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stryker instruments Portage, Michigan The design of this new, world-class R&D facility allows this Fortune 500 company to attract talent and develop innovative medical technology products in a highly collaborative and fully brand immersive environment. The facility combines 1,500 staff previously working in separate locations, encouraging connection and collaboration through thoughtful and comfortable workplace design. The facility features multiple labs, testing areas, conference rooms, a tiered lecture hall with pockets of tables and chairs for breakout sessions, and a customer experience area with a customizable operating showroom for clients to test products. Employee amenities (including basketball courts, a fitness center, a commercial kitchen and more) create opportunities for camaraderie and synergy between staff.
@4240 St. Louis, Missouri Looking to expand into the St. Louis region, Wexford commissioned @4240 as part of the Cortex Innovation Community, a 200-acre technology district under development in the heart of the City of St. Louis. This multi-tenant facility houses state-of-the-art spaces designed to support a mixture of uses, ranging from small start-ups to larger established organizations, and from corporate office space to heavy use lab space. The interconnected and collaborative workspace along with supporting amenities engage building tenants and the surrounding district.
ab mauri north america St. Louis, Missouri HOK’s expansion of AB Mauri North America builds on the growth and success of their yeast and baking ingredient research, products and solutions. The new Fleischmann’s Technology Center includes a client Experience Center, expanded baking lab hub and yeast strain research and development center. The Experience Center allows AB Mauri to partner and collaborate with clients and educate employees. The Center is made up of a flexible prefunction space, 40 seat tiered training room with product demonstration area and direct access to the bake and fermentation labs. The expanded bake lab provides customers access to a wide range of expertise and tools to accelerate delivery. The lab expansion includes a new main Fermentation lab open concept with mobile lab tables a Chemical Fume Hood and piped services, mechanical connections and electrical distribution to support analytical instrumentation. Support labs include a walk-in Refrigerator/Freezer, an enclosed Biosafety Lab (BSL) and a dedicated laboratory Glass Wash with sterilizer.
microsoft technology center St. Louis, Missouri Microsoft relocated their growing team of 150 employees to a new Microsoft Technology Center (MTC) and regional headquarters in the HOK-designed 4220 Duncan Avenue building in the Cortex Innovation District. The design embraces the firm’s brand and innovative approach while instilling a sense of pride and culture in its staff. The user experience mimics the product innovation evolution—from origin to future state—through use of three distinct zones: an interactive center, an envisioning center and a makerspace.
DAV ID CO L EM A N
A I A , L E E D A P, B D + C
REGIONAL LEADER OF SCIENCE + TECHNOLOGY
David Coleman is an architect and the Regional Leader for Science + Technology with HOK St. Louis. Over his 25 year career, he specializes in strategic facility planning, programming, and conceptual design. His particular expertise includes facilitating programming studies to identify real needs and creating research environments that support collaboration.
E D U C AT I O N
EXPERIENCE
Washington University, Master of Architecture
Benson Hill Crop Accelerator St. Louis, Missouri
University of Pennsylvania,
University of Missouri – Columbia East Campus Plant Growth Facility Complex* Columbia, Missouri
Bachelor of Arts PROFESSIONAL R EG I S T R AT I O N
Architect: Missouri LEED Accredited Professional
Benson Hill Laboratory Building St. Louis, Missouri Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville* Biotechnology Laboratory Incubator, University Park SIUE Edwardsville, Illinois
A C C R E D I TAT I O N S / C E R T I F I C AT I O N S
LEED AP BC+C
MEMBERSHIPS/ O R G A N I Z AT I O N S
American Institute of Architects, St. Louis Missouri Biotechnology Association (MOBIO), Board Member Society for College and University Planning
Mayo Clinic Cardio Vascular Disease/Cardio Vascular Surgery Strategic Planning Study * Rochester, Minnesota University of Chicago U.Chicago Medicine/BSD Master Facility Space Plan * Chicago, Illinois Michigan State University P3 Health Innovation Development Study* Grand Rapids, Michigan IU Health AHC Program and Masterplan Indianapolis, Indiana
Eli Lilly Electron Microscope Suite Renovation San Diego, California
University of Minnesota Academic Health Center Strategic Master Plan, Minneapolis* Minneapolis, Minnesota
Cummins Tech Center Master Plan Columbus, Indiana
WUSM Clean City Squares Research Building Feasibility Study St. Louis, Missouri
Cummins Electronics Controls Lab Consolidation Columbus, Indiana
J EF F S T RO H M E Y ER
AIA , LEED AP
SENIOR LAB PLANNER
Jeff is an architect specializing in the programming, planning, and design of laboratory facilities and high performance buildings. A senior laboratory programmer, planner and architect, Jeff has over 30 years of experience with HOK’s Science + Technology group. Specializing in designs for science and research facilities, Jeff has provided key lab planning services on the “Lab of the Year” award-winning KAUST project; contributing his innovative lab strategies to help create the most flexible lab module/neighborhood in the world to date. His expert laboratory design solutions result in state-of-the-art, functional, safe, environmentally-friendly and aesthetically pleasing spaces for research. E D U C AT I O N
University of Illinois Bachelor of Science, Architecture, 1985 PROFESSIONAL R EG I S T R AT I O N S
Illinois #001-013492 LEED Accredited Professional; MEMBERSHIPS
American Institute of Architects, International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) P U B L I C AT I O N S
“Lab Floorplans Impact, Space, Cost Efficiencies; A guide to calculating the efficiency of various lab plan layouts,” R&D Magazine Lab Handbook (2003)
EXPERIENCE
Benson Hill Crop Accelerator St. Louis, Missouri
Eli Lilly and Company Lilly Research Laboratories Greenfield, Indiana
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center Tissue Culture Expansion St. Louis, Missouri
Eli Lilly and Company Toxicology Laboratory Expansion Indianapolis, Indiana
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center The North 8 Project–Flex Lab St. Louis, Missouri
Eli Lilly and Company White River Campus Master Plan and Concept Study Indianapolis, Indiana
AB BioTek Office & Lab Expansion St. Louis, Missouri
4 USDA A-E Services IQC, Ames
4340 Duncan St. Louis, MO Mayo Bioscience Building, Discovery Square Innovation Hub Rochester, Minnesota Confidential Global Life Sciences Company Lab Tenant Improvement Project Boulder, Colorado Confidential Global Life Sciences Company Biotechnology Center La Jolla, California
Modernization Ames, Iowa Monsanto Company U4 Nutrition Research Building St. Louis, Missouri AbbVie Lab Renovations North Chicago, Illinois Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise + Research Center Kansas City, Missouri US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental Research Center Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
M O RG A N DA ENZER
LEED
LAB PLANNER
Morgan brings over 10 years of architectural and laboratory planning experience, primarily with HOK’s Science + Technology group. She has worked on projects of all shapes and sizes; programming and designing facilities ranging from small laboratory fit-outs and renovations, to large-scale complex facilities and campuses. Morgan is detailed-oriented and especially adept at identifying and solving project issues. Her understanding of executing buildings and spaces makes her a valued team member. Morgan supports BIM workflow from conceptual design through project completion, with an appreciative eye for design and constructability. E D U C AT I O N
Ranken Technical College Bachelor of Architecture PROFESSIONAL R EG I S T R AT I O N S
LEED Green Associate
EXPERIENCE
Benson Hill Laboratory Building St. Louis, Missouri 4340 Duncan St. Louis, MO AbbVie Lab Renovations North Chicago, Illinois
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Member, Architecture Advisory Board Ranken Technical College SPE A KING ENGAGEMENTS
“A Tale of Three Cities: Flexibility Solutions for Urban Innovation Labs” Association of University Research Parks (AURP) Conference (2019)
Confidential Global Life Sciences Company Biotechnology Center La Jolla, California Valent Biosciences Biorational Research Center Libertyville, Illinois West Virginia University Agricultural Sciences Building Morgantown, West Virginia Stryker Instruments Research and Development Facility Portage, Michigan Missouri State University Temple Hall Laboratory Renovations Springfield, Missouri
University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Buffalo, New York 4
University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Computing and Engineering Education + Research Center Kansas City, Missouri St. Louis Community College Center for Nursing and Health Sciences St. Louis, Missouri 4 University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
Biology and Chemistry Academic Building Stevens Point, Wisconsin 4 University of Maryland, Baltimore
Health Sciences Facility III Baltimore, Maryland Cardiff University Innovation Campus Translational Research Facility Cardiff, Wales Ponce Health Sciences University Ponce, Puerto Rico
B R A D L IEB M A N
LEED GA
DIRECTOR OF INTERIORS
Brad is a highly organized, detail-oriented relationship and project manager with over 20 years of experience in the architectural and design industry. Throughout his career he has shown a passionate focus on ensuring high quality of work and enhanced customer satisfaction. Brad is a strong leader with a wealth of knowledge in servicing large-scale international clients. He brings expertise in project delivery, client communications, organizational planning and quality assurance to every client he serves.
E D U C AT I O N
EXPERIENCE
Cornell University, New York
Microsoft Technology Center St. Louis, Missouri
Bachelor of Science Design and Environmental Analysis
Lilly Conference Center Concept Design Indianapolis, Indiana
PROFESSIONAL
Eli Lilly LCC Concourse Renovation Indianapolis, Indiana
R EG I S T R AT I O N S
Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design Green Associate
Stryker Instruments Research and Development Facility Portage, Michigan
MEMBERSHIPS/
Humana/CAC Clinics Little Havana, Florida
O R G A N I Z AT I O N S
SIOR, St. Louis Chapter (Associate Member)
Microsoft San Antonio San Antonio, Texas
ULI, St. Louis Chapter (Program Committee) CCIM, St. Louis Chapter
Microsoft Des Moines Des Moines, Iowa
Arts and Education Council of St. Louis (Board Member)
Microsoft Bentonville Bentonville, Arkansas
SPE A KING ENGAGEMENTS
Neocon 2017 - Rise of the Human Factor
Microsoft Birmingham Birmingham, AL Square St. Louis, Missouri Rockwell Collins Irvine, California Rockwell Collins Cedar Rapids, Iowa Tyson Foods Tower 1 & 2 Renovation Springdale, Arkansas Cummins Columbus, Indiana
designing places that work for people.
contact DAVID COLEMAN, Regional Leader of Science + Technology t +1 314 754 3979 david.coleman@hok.com HOK 10 South Broadway, Suite 200 | St. Louis, MO 63102 USA
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