Located in Alexandria Real Estate Equities’ 1616 Eastlake Building, the project houses the headquarters and research enterprise of this growing company.
The project is designed to contrast the orthogonal ‘street grid’ of the laboratories with the fractured geometry of the office and common areas. Supporting the theme of a science warehouse, concrete columns are unfinished, the ceilings are open, and hot-rolled steel walls articulate the transitions between the geometries. Promoting Infectious Disease Research Institute’s open and collaborative culture, transparency governs the design in all aspects.
