Max Planck Occupies Jupiter Campus

The Max Planck Society began occupying its new campus in Jupiter, Fla., in June of 2012. Located on six acres on the MacArthur campus of Florida Atlantic University, the 100,000-sf research facility provides 58,000 sf of lab space for wet and dry bench research, including instrumentation suites, core imaging labs, and computational space. The center also provides research and administrative offices, conference rooms, a 100-seat auditorium, and a large atrium. The project team included Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects, associate architect PGAL, laboratory design consultant Research Facilities Design (RFD), BR+A Consulting Engineers, program manager Jones Lang LaSalle, and construction managers DPR and The Weitz Company. Ground was broken on the project in June of 2010. LEED Silver sustainable design certification will be sought for the facility, which will be dedicated in December of 2012.