
The Life Sciences Laboratories were developed to provide state-of-the-art research laboratory space for interdisciplinary research clusters engaged in cutting edge research. Significant new discoveries have come from work at the edges of the traditional fields of chemistry, biology, physics, and engineering. Entirely new fields such as biomedical engineering have arisen from collaborations between disciplines that once felt little or no reason for dialogue. This new intellectual environment creates the need for new science facilities that are large, flexible buildings that accommodate both social and intellectual interaction.