Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute—one of the world’s preeminent genome research centers and the single largest contributor to the global Human Genome Project—needed additional space to prepare for their next stage of research. Mirroring its picturesque setting in the historic English countryside, the expanded campus for the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute weaves rural cues through its high-tech research facilities, encouraging creative and collaborative science.
NBBJ created a master plan for the adjacent 30-hectare parcel of land. The design incorporates a diverse program, from bioscience research laboratories and a supercomputing data center to a research support facility and bioinformatic academic offices. The project also includes shared dining, sports, and lecture facilities and visitor reception.
Project Details
Client Name
Wellcome Trust
Square Footage
225,000 SF
Program
Laboratories, research support facility, data center, offices, dining and sports facilities, auditorium, and reception
Services
Master planning, architecture, interior design, lighting design, lab planning
Phase
Completed
Client Name
Wellcome Trust
Square Footage
225,000 SF
Program
Laboratories, research support facility, data center, offices, dining and sports facilities, auditorium, and reception
Services
Master planning, architecture, interior design, lighting design, lab planning
Phase
Completed
Business Week/Architectural Record, Business Week/Architectural Record Awards Citation
R&D Magazine, R&D Lab of the Year Awards, Project of Mention
Considerate Constructors Scheme National Award, Most Considerate Site Award
South Cambridgeshire District Council, National Heritage Award
Royal Town Planning Institute, RTPI Planning Awards, Planning for Business Award
Business Week/Architectural Record, Business Week/Architectural Record Awards Citation
R&D Magazine, R&D Lab of the Year Awards, Project of Mention
Considerate Constructors Scheme National Award, Most Considerate Site Award
South Cambridgeshire District Council, National Heritage Award
Royal Town Planning Institute, RTPI Planning Awards, Planning for Business Award
Building Magazine, “Big Science”
Change Design, "It Takes a Village to Map a Gene"
Property Week, “Genetically Modified”
Building Magazine, “Big Science”
Change Design, "It Takes a Village to Map a Gene"
Property Week, “Genetically Modified”
