Princeton University's new neuroscience and psychology building hunkers calmly, even hermetically, tucked into a slope amid a burgeoning science-research quarter. Across a lawn, the building faces the flamboyant sunshades and monumental gathering space of a genomics laboratory designed by Rafael Vi'oly (Record, November 2003, page 180). The neuroscience entry curves toward an elegant bridge crossing Washington Road, where Hopkins Architects built a nave of ecclesiastic grandeur within a chemistry building that puts the research on display. Such are the architectural gymnastics required to engage the quandaries of scientific investigation: How do researchers collaborate across disciplines while retaining a core professional identity? How do you unite diverse expertise and find a common analytical language to answer critical questions?
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