Frick Chemistry Laboratory, Princeton University

Washington Road, Princeton, NJ, United States

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Frick Chemistry Laboratory, Princeton University

Washington Road, Princeton, NJ, United States

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Type

Educational › University Other
Industrial › Research Facility

YEAR

2010

SIZE

300,000 sqft - 500,000 sqft

A chemistry research building aiming to become a new standard in energy efficient design.The
project is a low-energy use research laboratory and teaching
facility that meets the highest technical specifications while
providing an attractive working environment. The Chemistry
Building is designed to integrate general teaching and high-level
research, and planned to enhance collaboration and creativity. All
communicating spaces are designed to promote formal and casual
interaction. The building massing expresses its programmatic
organization; the faculty offices are accommodated in the towers facing
the Campus woodland, whilst teaching and research laboratories are
housed in a deep linear block to the rear. Circulation between these two
spaces is via a central glazed atrium. This structure filters natural
light into laboratory and conference spaces, becoming the main place of
assembly.The building is located on a 'gateway' site, at a
promontory over one of the principle entrances to the University Campus.
It is a new component of a wider planning effort aiming to consolidate a
'science neighbourhood' that would involve all of Princeton's science
buildings.