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Encompasses 229,250 gross square feet |
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Has a $120 million total cost |
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Moves 50 percent of the air from the offices into the atrium, saving air conditioning costs by providing "semi-conditioned" air to the atrium space |
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Can withstand hurricane-force winds on its exterior terracotta rainscreen system |
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Includes a vivarium sufficient for a rodent population of about 23,000 |
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Allows natural light to penetrate further into the laboratory spaces by using ceiling “clouds” suspended from laboratory ceilings—convex-shaped and colored white, the panels diffuse light off their surfaces |
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Uses glass on 90 percent of the north façade—filling the building interior with natural light and showcasing the building’s function |
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Divides its area into roughly 50 percent lab space, 50 percent office space, with the intention that the vertex of the wings will foster human interaction |
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Employs open laboratory areas with 20 linear feet of island bench in each workspace module—all of the island benches are all easily movable to accommodate the changing dynamics of research |
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Has 22 open lab modules along the north side of each of the four lab floors |
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Offers an area called “The Institute Gateway” as the public “face” of the IMM—includes the entry vestibule, atrium, auditorium and conference center |
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Is located in the Texas Medical Center at 1825 Pressler St., Houston TX 77030. |
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| The New Frontiers Campaign... |
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Total campaign goal:$200 million |
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Combined total of previous three UT-Houston campaigns:$51 million |
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Building cost:$120 million |
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Total number of gifts in New Frontiers Campaign:600 from nearly 500 donors |
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Average gift size:$207,000 |
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Gifts of $1 million or more:36 |
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Number of endowments established by the campaign:27 |
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Largest gift from an individual:$25 million from Fayez S. Sarofim |
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Largest gift from a foundation:20 million from The Brown Foundation, Inc. |
