UC San Diego Plans Biomedical Research Building

The University of California, San Diego has selected  Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects to design a new biomedical research facility on the Health Sciences campus in La Jolla. The project will include approximately 150,000-sf of wet-bench laboratories, laboratory support, laboratory core facilities, and office/conference space to accommodate biomedical research programs at UCSD’s School of Medicine, including a new multi-department program in genomic medicine and expanded department of neurosciences. The estimated construction cost of the project is between $118 and $135 million. The facility will be designed with the goal of earning a USGBC LEED Silver rating.