SPACES FOR MULTIPLE TENANTS

SETTING THE STAGE THROUGH STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE

Science-driven collaboration to create a larger innovation community.

The first project in a multiple phased master planned innovation district, One Discovery Square creates a strong anchor for the surrounding blocks in Discovery Square, acting in the long term as a strategic hub of activity.

Special consideration is given to collaboration with industry partners, both embedded within Mayo’s labs and collocated within the building. Mayo research space is intentionally placed on floors with equal amount of flexible 3rd party space for collaborators to rent and use. Between these zones is shared collaboration amenities fostering interaction all ways. Anticipating all kinds of collaboration as the value proposition for space within Discovery Square, the 3rd party areas have been designed to be hyper-flexible, accommodating the full innovation spectrum from fledgling startup to established corporate or institutional collaborator.

In addition to science-driven collaboration, the building is helping to create a larger innovation community and network through public amenities and event space on the ground level as a starting point for an exciting new livework-play district in Rochester.

Key Planning +Design Considerations

Shell and Core Infrastructure Strategies

Loading and Vibration Factors

Shared vs. Tenant Supplied

Specialty Spaces and Support

Programmed Networking Spaces

Accomodate Most (Not All)

Lab Types

Page Mill Rd.Lab Renewal at Stanford TnI Park

PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA

Flexibility

FLEXIBILITY IS THE NEW MEASURABLE FOR SUCCESS

Creating flexible, high-performance biomedical research laboratories for the School of Medicine’s new Technology and Innovation (TnI) Park, just south of Stanford’s main campus.

The TnI Park co-locates various research programs and activities, currently housed in multiple disparate locations around the bay area into one location, creating a critical mass conducive to collaboration, discovery and application in the field of medicine. This renewal project increased the research area at the TnI Park by 50%.

Stanford required a flexible research platform that effectively organized and enabled the spectrum of science for its translational research mission and reinforced cultural practices such as sharing and collaboration.

With Stanford, programming discussions became an exploration of who would be working together in the building over its lifespan — what mix of science would be possible/probable. Through scenario building, the programming process defined the range of research activities that the facility would be capable of accommodating — ensuring its ability to flex to changing research programs without over-desigining.

Key Planning +Design Considerations

Compare Your Needs to Others

Through Benchmarking

Plan for Optimal Flexibility - Not Necessarily Maximum Flexibility

Utilize Lab Planning Module

Within Office Structural Grid

Integrate MEP Engineering Systems