Rice University, New Emerging Science and Technology Center
Houston, Texas
Rice University’s New Emerging Science and Technology Center (NEST) is a renovated lab housed within the George R. Brown Bioengineering Lab. The NEST layout is a radical departure from all other existing labs at Rice University.
The university challenged FKP to design a space that would better foster “the business” of research. The application of workplace design thinking resulted in almost 20 percent more lab area, 9.5 percent increased efficiency, 30 percent more bench space, three different types of work areas and 10 collaboration portals at a final cost of $12 per square foot below the budget target.
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Cost per Sq Ft
$338.00
Featured in
2017 Educational Interiors Showcase
Interior category
Interior Renovation
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