Building Type : Institutional
Location : Bangalore
Year : 2007 STARTED
Area : 3,00,000 SqFt
Cost : 25 Crores (Civil, Electrical, Plumbing)
Duration Of the Project : End 2008

GENERAL FEATURES OF THE BUILDING
The building comprises of Ground, First, Second & Third floors and a flat terrace which would provide for future vertical expansion if necessary.
All the 3 Clusters of the Labs have their own group of Column facilities like cell culture rooms, Freezer Room, Cold Rooms. Autoclaves and Dark rooms.

Ground Floor Area : 8117.33 smt / 87374.21 sft
First Floor Area : 7936.75 smt / 85430.47 sft
Second Floor Area : 7214.26 smt / 77653.65 sft
Third Floor Area : 6826.60 smt / 73480.91 sft

Total Built Up Area : 30,094.94 smt/ 3,23,939.24sft

The main entry to this building leads to a spacious double high lobby which branches into three clusters of labs. The primary open space as soon as we enter the building has nice stepped court with a passage covered by pergolas with a play of light and shade. The Library & Conference overlook the central court, which also has a grand staircase. The labs are grouped in such a way that they have their own facilities like cell culture, freezer rooms, dark rooms, autoclave & AHU rooms. The height of the each floor is 4.00mts.

The important spaces provided are as follows :
# Main Labs = 60 nos.
# Small Labs = 11 nos.
# Young Investigators Rooms = 04 nos.

- A Conference hall (150 capacity)
- A library in the first floor.
- Courtyards breaking the monotony of corridors.
- Corridors connecting all the five wings to each other & central core.
- Toilet & drinking water facilities distributed strategically.
- The Circulation pattern is made compact for user convenience