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University of Missouri - Columbia

Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center

A facility illustrating the principles that life sciences embody: research, teaching and education

Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center

Information

The Life Sciences Center at the University of Missouri unites faculty and students from several schools and programs into one, collaboratively focused research center. The Colleges of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Arts and Sciences, Veterinary Medicine, Human and Environmental Sciences Engineering, and the School of Medicine engage in joint research into genomic and biomolecular structures. State-of-the-art laboratories, shared meeting areas and public spaces provide unsurpassed opportunities for interdisciplinary biomedical science and agricultural biotechnology research. With the idea that a healthy building illustrates the principles that life sciences embody, research, teaching and education converge in naturally daylit laboratory spaces, generous meeting areas, and informal teaming areas located off of the primary circulation spaces. The atrium, which centralizes faculty and research offices, a café and one of the reading rooms, encourages interaction. The project was completed in collaboration with co-project designer, Anshen + Allen.

Impact + Innovation

The building’s architecture is designed to symbolize the forward-thinking, leading-edge science taking place within, while respecting the university’s established legacy. The building helps welcome existing faculty and new recruits, is host to national meetings, and experiences consistent use from students, faculty, and visitors in atrium, cafĂ©, and informal meeting spaces. With approximately 3% of faculty at MU, the Life Sciences Center generates approximately 10% of competitively funded research expenditures at MU. In 2020, Life Sciences Center investigators submitted 19 proposals totaling $9M for COVID-19 related research. The project was bid more than one million dollars below final estimates, allowing for the construction of several alternates.

Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center

People

Team

  • Casey Cassias
  • Sarah Hirsch
  • Mark Kohles
  • John Hotchkiss
  • Eric Morehouse
  • William Poole
  • Robert James
  • Maria Morehouse
  • Timothy O'Brien
  • David H Bell
  • Ron Ray
  • Amy Gray
  • Monica Rodriguez
  • Darren Oppliger
  • Julie Miller

Client

University of Missouri - Columbia

Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center
Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center

Awards

AIA Mid-Missouri
Merit Award
2005

AIA Kansas
Honor Award, Excellence in Architecture
2005

Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center