Fusco Corp., Park Street Clinical Laboratory Building, New Haven, Conn.
Budget: n.a.
Size: 150,000 ft2.
Completion date: 2010.
Project team: Behnisch Architekten, Los Angeles (architect); Svigals + Partners, New Haven (executive architect); van Zelm Heywood & Shadford (MEP enginer); Spiegel Zarmecnick & Shah (structural engineer); Tighe & Bond (civil engineer); Towers-Golde, (landscape architect); Atelier Ten (lighting design/LEED consultant); ACT Associates (AV consultant); Bruce j. Spiewak, AIA, LLC, (code consultant); Fusco Corp., (owner/developer/general contractor).
Description: Lab building links a major New Haven hospital’s adjacent cancer center with its parking garage via a series of ramps and bridges. A glass façade forms a changing mosaic of translucent and reflecting light, with a high-performance curtainwall system. The facility includes labs, offices and common areas, including a light-filled garden atrium. LEED Silver is expected; Gold is a possibility.
Contact: Julie D. Taylor for Behnisch Architekten, Julie@taylor-pr.com.