UMass Medical School’s new Education and Research Building – Building Design + Construction

The new Education and Research Building, a nine-story biomedical research building at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, will support the development of therapeutics for some of the worlds most challenging diseases in a high-performance, sustainable environment.

The 350,000-sf facility will include space for 77 principal investigators and house the Medical Schools Horae Gene Therapy Center, the Departments of Neurology and Neurobiology, the Program in Molecular Medicine, a new Program in Human Genetics & Evolutionary Biology, and an FDA-compliant manufacturing facility for clinical trial therapeutics.

The project is being designed to meet ambitious sustainability goals, including achieving Net Zero Energy and LEED Gold certification and the integration of a high-performance double-skin facade and geothermal heat pumps. The interior features natural daylighting and transparency, active circulation, and large social and interaction spaces.

The project is slated to open in the fall of 2023. Shawmut Design Construction will be the projects construction manager.

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UMass Medical School's new Education and Research Building - Building Design + Construction