Joseph R. Robertson Collaborative Life Sciences Building
This allied health, academic, and research building is a collaboration between Oregon Health & Science University, Portland State University, and Oregon State University—and an icon as the first construction at OHSU's Schnitzer Campus on Portland's South Waterfront.
Details
Name
Joseph R. Robertson Collaborative Life Sciences Building
Client
Oregon University System and Oregon Health & Science University
Scale
650,000 gsf
Status
Completed 2014
Location
Portland, OR
Sustainability
LEED Platinum Certified, COTE Top Ten Project
Sector
Specialties
Science is collaborative!
Located on a former brownfield site constrained by adjacent roadway and bridge construction, Robertson CLSB was conceived as an innovative model of interdisciplinary health sciences education, research, and education. It engages students, faculty and pedestrians through a concept of “science on display.” A glass atrium serves as the front entrance, encouraging passersby to look in and different program members to observe what their peers are doing.
See me
The sense of transparency and interdisciplinary sharing extends to several teaching labs on the ground floor level, where the science being performed is on display, and to an outside terrace where students, staff, and transit users can gather.
Teamwork!
SERA Architects acted as executive architect, bringing leadership in project management and sustainable design, while our collaborator CO Architects provided programming and design leadership.
Beauty... at warp speed
Delivered on an incredibly swift 38-week schedule, the Robertson Collaborative Life Sciences Building is an icon for the Schnitzer Campus, an innovative learning and research environment, and an envelope-pushing example of effective sustainability at scale and in a highly technical context.
