The Merlin Place constructing will present much-needed lab area in one in every of Europe’s largest R&D clusters and function a brand new “entrance door” for the Cambridge Science Park space.
Developer Kadans Science Associate has submitted a planning software for the seven-story, 140,000-sq.-ft. constructing, which might be adjoining to Cambridge Science Park and St. John’s Innovation Park. HOK is offering structure, inside design, lab planning and sustainable design companies.
The design creates a versatile platform for science that may accommodate a variety of biotechnology, pharmaceutical, med-tech and digital well being firms. The modular moist and dry labs, versatile structural grid, adaptable flooring heights and sturdy infrastructure will allow the constructing to adapt simply to tenant wants and market circumstances as they evolve.
“After intensive design work over 18 months and collaboration with the Cambridge Metropolis Council Planners, it’s thrilling to achieve this vital milestone in this system and take a step nearer in delivering our best-in-class science-focused buildings,” stated Edward Joslin, improvement director for Kadans Science Associate.
The plan locations the constructing inside a compressed and triangular island website. HOK’s design, drawing on the native context in its type and supplies, creates a brand new landmark for folks getting into and leaving Cambridge. The “Cambridge cluster” space, which is anchored by the College of Cambridge, is dwelling to greater than 5,300 companies using over 67,000 folks.
The native Councils’ imaginative and prescient for North East Cambridge is to be a wholesome, inclusive, walkable, low-carbon new metropolis district. Merlin Place’s public gathering area, together with a ground-level café, encourages tenants throughout the Cambridge North Cluster to converge and collaborate. The constructing might be a brief stroll from the Cambridge North prepare station.
The staff is concentrating on not less than BREEAM Wonderful certification, with a purpose to scale back its carbon footprint to zero over its total life cycle.
“This might be a wholesome, sustainable constructing the place science and group come collectively to create a hub for innovation,” stated Gary Clark, HOK’s chief of Science + Know-how in London. “The golden triangle between Cambridge, Oxford and London is understood for its groundbreaking analysis and improvement, and we’re proud to contribute to the world’s wealthy historical past of scientific discovery by means of our design of the Merlin Place constructing.”
