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UCLA Terasaki Life Sciences Building*

Los Angeles, CA

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New Building 175,000 SF

LEED Silver

Terasaki Life Sciences Building features two wings with laboratories, offices, scholarly activity space, and building support spaces on five floors plus a basement vivarium. The 175,000 SF structure is supported by a cast-in-place concrete frame with flat-slab floor decks. This building, is the new home of the Biological Sciences Department. A stated goal of the UCLA Terasaki Life Sciences Building Detailed Project Program is to “provide flexible facilities that anticipate changing future needs.” To help meet thi s goal, the building was designed with large, open laboratory spaces to allow multiple scientists to work in shared laboratories, uninterrupted by doors or walls. Each rectangular wing houses an efficient pattern of laboratory, support and office space of five above ground levels. The building’s concrete frame eliminates 10 ft in height, as compared to the common structural steel alternative and provides inherent vibration control.

The vivarium on the lower level includes holding rooms for rodents, birds, fish and other small animal species.

* Completed by AlfaTech principal during previous employment