Scorching Arizona Sun Poses No Problem For Occupants Of New ASU Research Lab

摘要

In the design of Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute in Tempe, two concepts come to the fore. The first is connections. There are connections between disparate academic disciplines, connections between research and industry, and connections between ASU and the community. The second is transparency. The building pushes the envelope of open laboratory planning and execution, providing transparency from exterior to interior, from the atrium to the labs, from the labs to the offices and from the offices to the labs. Connections and transparency are also relevant to the discussion of the research facility's custom-made sunscreens. They were made by combining grilles from one company with attachment hardware from another, and are used in combination with other products to maintain the transparency that generous glazing symbolizes, without jeopardizing comfort and function for occupants.