Laboratory for Integrated Science and Engineering (LISE)
Project Type: Laboratory
Service: 3D Model and Coordination
Client: Harvard
Stats: 135,000 sf/ $ 114.6 million / Year: 2004 - completed in 2007
A 135,000-square-foot facility that contains specialized research environments focused on nanoscale and mesoscale science. Situated amid a cluster of existing science buildings, LISE was designed to boost collaboration among scientists studying materials at the atomic scale while also connecting them with researchers in nearby laboratories. The building was designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Rafael Moneo.
The building includes a cleanroom for research work for the physicists, chemists, and biologists, meeting the requirements of accessibility, security, emergency evacuation, ventilation, no vibration, no magnetic fields, no natural light, no particulates, etc.
Prefix (then Spectrum) did 100% of the 3D Drawing including MEP, Structural, and Architecture, from 2d drawings by the design team. During the process, Prefix worked with the design team to coordinate key systems.
Image by Michael Moran
Coordinating for the Future
The design called for potential system expansions requiring additional equipment and pipe runs. Coordinating those likely systems required leaving additional accessibility space to be validated, as well as dead hangars on several racks.
Since the MEP modeling was done early in the design and in high detail, the team was able to produce Bills of Materials for the trades and ensure an accurate bidding process.
