Frick Chemistry Laboratory
Princeton, New Jersey
Owner: Princeton University
Completion Date: August 2010
Program: A four-story, 239,992-square-foot building for Princeton University's chemistry department, with research and departmental labs and a 256-seat auditorium in the basement, teaching labs and a café on the ground floor, and research labs on the upper three floors.
Design concept and solution: Conceiving the Frick Chemistry Laboratory as a kind of glass loft, Payette and Hopkins Architects sought to encourage a spirit of collaboration by linking all parts of the building with open sight lines. The largely steel-framed structure consists of two long blocks—a research block on the east side and three linked office blocks on the west—united by a central skylit atrium with a photovoltaic canopy roof. The atrium spans the length of the building, creating a single space that connects all the activities within. On the upper floors, open pedestrian bridges join the research and office sides together. The architects clad the building with an aluminum-frame curtain wall, shaded by cast-aluminum sun screens. To relate the metal and glass laboratory back to the traditional stonework of Princeton's campus, they faced the north and south facades with granite infill panels.
Design Architect:
Hopkins Architects
27 Broadley Terrace
London NW16LG
In collaboration with
Architect:
Payette
290 Congress St., Fifth Floor
Boston, MA 02210-1005
p. 617-895-1000
PeopleOwner: Design Architect: In collaboration with: Payette (Architect) Personnel in architect's firm who should receive special credit: Design Team Members Hopkins Architects: Design Team Members Architect: Payette (Boston, MA) Design Architect: Hopkins Architects (London, UK) Interior Designer: Payette (Boston, MA) Engineer(s): Structural: Arup (NY, NY) Civil: Van Note – Harvey Associates (Princeton, NJ) Civil Site Drainage: Nitsch Engineering (Boston, MA) Consultant(s) Lighting: Arup (NY, NY) Acoustical: Arup (NY, NY) Audio/Visual: Acentech (Trevose, PA) Programming: GPR Planners Collaborative - Jacobs Consultancy (Tarrytown, NY) Code: R. W. Sullivan (Boston, MA) CM at Risk: Turner Construction Company (Somerset, NJ) Photographer CAD system, project management, or other software used: |
ProductsExterior cladding Stone Cladding: Granicor Inc. (“Green County” by The North Carolina Granite Corp.) Aluminum Wall Panels: Bamco Inc. Aluminum Louvers: Construction Specialties Roofing Glazing Glass Photovoltaic Array: Suntech Power, Kawneer Doors Exterior Sliding Office Doors: Schuco USA L.P. Aluminum Door Frames: Wilson Partitions Wood Doors: Eggers Industries, VT Industries Fire-Control Doors: Total Door Smoke Curtains: Coopers Blinds Ltd. Hardware Hinges: Stanley, Markar Architectural Products, Inc., Schuco Closers: LCN Closers Exit devices: Von Duprin Pulls: Rockwood, Trimco Cabinet hardware: Hafele America Co., Sugatsune America, Inc. Interior finishes Cabinetwork and Millwork: Sloan & Company, Inc. Servery Cabinetwork: Interior Creations, Inc. Wood Wall Paneling: Monarch Industries, Inc. Metal Panels and Trim: Fry Reglet Architectural Metals – Graph System Paints and stains: Sherwin Williams, Tnemec Co., Inc., Carboline Co., Tiger Drylac Special surfacing: DuPont Corian Surfaces Atrium Terrazzo floor tile: Wausau Tile, Inc. Glass wall tile: Raffi Glass Rubber flooring: Nora Flooring Systems Carpet: Tandus, J+J|Invision Glazed Partitions: Maars Ltd. Glazed Openings: Wilson Partitions Fire Rated Glazing: TGP Architectural Laboratory casework: ThermoFisher Scientific Laboratory fume hoods (research): Waldner Laboreinrichtungen GmbH & Co. KG Furnishings Chairs: Herman Miller, Coalesse, Allsteel Atrium Seating: Coalesse, Alias, Davis Tables: Niemkamper, Herman Miller, Unifor, Allermuir Lecture Fixed Seating and Tablets: Figueras Lab Stools: Sittris, Sky Stools Upholstery: Maharam, Knoll, Designtex & Bernhardt Lighting Downlights: Edison Price, Wila, RSA, Infinity Fiber Optics: Visual Lighting Technologies Accent and Task Lighting: io Lighting, Hayworth, Translite Exterior: Selux, Bega, Columbia Controls: Lutron Conveyance Plumbing Fittings: Toto, Sloan, Grohe Bottle Filler: Oasis Laboratory Fittings: Watersaver Laboratory Safety Fittings: Guardian |
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