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Univ. of Michigan, W.K. Kellogg Eye Center Complex, Brehm Tower, Ann Arbor. Design: TSA. Photo courtesy of the Univ. of Michigan Health System
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Univ. of Michigan, W.K. Kellogg Eye Center Complex, Brehm Tower, Ann Arbor.
Budget: $132 million.
Size: 230,000 ft2.
Project team: TSA of Massachusetts (also known as KlingStubbins), Philadelphia (architect, landscape architect); X-nth, San Diego (lab consultant); Peter Basso Associates, Troy, Mich. (MEP engineer); LeMessurier Consultants, Cambridge, Mass. (structural engineer); Dietrich, Bailey and Associates P.C., Plymouth, Mich. (civil engineer); Taylor & Partners, Boston (medical care specialist); Rolf Jensen & Associates Inc., Framingham, Mass. (code consultant); ACT Associates LLC, Storrs, Conn. (AV consultant); DiMaio Design Associates Architect Inc., Windsor, Ontario, Canada (field architect); Faithful & Gould, Boston (estimating); Gilbane/Clark Joint Venture, Lansing, Mich. and Chicago (construction manager).
Completion date: 1Q2010.
Description: Facility expands the Univ. of Michigan Health System’s capacity for eye care, research and education, and unites diabetes researchers as they work to accelerate the search for a cure and prevention. The building program includes seven eye care clinics plus new suites for refractive and cosmetic surgeries; the upper floors support the Brehm Center for Diabetes Research, as well as labs for vision scientists. The design features an open lab layout; shared procedure and euipment areas; a central connecting staircase; and centrally located lab services. Large windows allow natural light to fill both clinics and common spaces. The lab is part of a master plan for system expansion across the river from the main medical campus. Funding for the facility was made possible in part by a gift by Delores and Willilam Brehm, motivated by their desire to find a cure for Type 1 diabetes.
Contact: Shantell Kirkendoll, Univ. of Michigan Health System, smkirk@umich.edu
