Charles E. Schmidt Biomedical Science Building at Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, FL

STH provided full architectural services for this new 90,000 s.f. research laboratory facility that houses the new Department of Biomedical Sciences and its programs at the Boca Raton campus of Florida Atlantic University. Active research programs in the Department of Biomedical Sciences demand the highest quality space for their development. This new facility includes a medical teaching lab, computer teaching stations, laboratory support areas, and both large and small classroom facilities outfitted with the advanced audiovisual technologies. The laboratories were designed in a modular fashion capable of reconfiguration to accommodate changes in the research conducted in the space. The basic modular research laboratories are complemented by common usage and equipment laboratories shared by several research groups within the Department of Biomedical Sciences. Highest amongst the goals for this project was the development of safe, efficient space for the greatly expanded teaching and research programs of the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. STH worked with P&W to design this facility.