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Robertson Life Sciences Building & Skourtes Tower
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon
Client: CO Architects, SERA Architects
Building Size: 650,000 sf
Project Cost: $295 million
Certifications: LEED Platinum
The OHSU Robertson Life Sciences Building is a state-of-the-art, LEED Platinum teaching and research facility, and was developed to foster collaboration between undergraduate and graduate students, as well as instructors, from multiple institutions. It was designed and constructed in a 32-month timeline using advanced BIM techniques with a co-located team. The buildings house lecture halls, laboratories (including an underground, low-vibration microscopy lab with electron microscopes), a simulation center, specialty research areas, the OSU College of Pharmacy, and OHSU’s School of Dentistry in Skourtes Tower, which contains one of the largest dental vacuum systems in the United States.
Case StudyNews & Awards
- Case Study: OHSU Robertson Life Sciences Building & Skourtes Tower
- Excellence in Architecture for a New Building: Merit Award, SCUP/AIA-CAE, 2016
- High Performing Collaboration
- National Recognition Award, ACEC, 2015
- COTE Top Ten Award, AIA National Committee on the Environment, 2015
- Best Project: Higher Education/Research, ENR Northwest, 2015
- Project of the Year, ACEC Oregon, 2014
- The Importance of BIM and Efficient Laboratory Systems