Both institutes are housed in the same facility, the ground floor of which serves as a "town center", providing several small and large meeting and collaboration areas and variety of dining options. This town center design is based on the philosophies presented in the Wisconsin Idea.[4] Above the town center on the ground floor, the building has three floors of modular, non-traditional research and lab space, designed to promote collaboration amongst researchers.[4] The building is also designed using green techniques, and is expected to use 50% less energy and water than the next most recent research building on the UW–Madison campus.[4]
Building Design Information
Size: 330,000 square feet
Cost: $213 million
Architect, Design Architect, and Laboratory Planner: Ballinger, Philadelphia, PA
Associate Architect/Interior Designer: Uihlein Wilson Architects, Milwaukee, WI
MEP Engineer: Affiliated Engineers Inc., Madison, WI
Landscape Architect: Olin Partnership, Philadelphia, PA
Structural and Civil Engineer: Graef, Anhalt, Schloemer & Assoc. Inc., Madison, WI
Construction Manager: J.H. Findorff & Sons Inc., Madison, WI, and M.A. Mortensen Co., Brookfield, WI
Commissioning Engineer: Facility Dynamics Engineering, Columbia, MD and Champaign-Urbana, IL
Stone Fabricator: Quarra Stone Company LLC, Madison WI
