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