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As architects, designers, planners and consultants, we partner with our clients on some 3,000 projects every year. These projects can be as small as a wine label or as large as a new urban district. With 2,000+ professionals networked across more than 30 locations, we serve our clients as trusted advisors, combining localized expertise with global perspective wherever new opportunities arise. Our work reflects an enduring commitment to sustainability and the belief that design is one of the most powerful strategic tools for securing lasting competitive advantage.
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A manufacturer of specialty mineral products, AMCOL partnered with Gensler to design a headquarters that showcases innovation and environmental stewardship, while promoting collaboration between company scientists and the corporate groups that market, sell and distribute AMCOL’s applications. Located in a seven-acre sustainable development that preserves and protects wetlands and wildlife habitat, the LEED® Silver-certified headquarters provides a place where the products made from the “clay of a 1,000 uses” can be displayed to educate and inform customers and employees alike. A vertical space called “the canyon” visually connects the two-story, 80,000-square-foot facility’s open offices to its laboratory and meeting spaces, reinforcing connections between products and people.
Challenged to consolidate two campuses into one unified world headquarters, Beckman Coulter engaged Gensler to transform its work environment through a project encompassing the renovation of a five-building campus comprising work space, labs, manufacturing and associated amenities. A team composed of integrated design disciplines provided the biomedical instrument provider with workplace strategy, planning and interior design, branding and environmental graphics, sustainable strategies and base-building architectural design. The resulting headquarters is an activity-based workplace centered on the company’s core values of wellness and innovation, providing a range of spaces and settings for collaborating, learning and socializing.
When ConMed relocated its headquarters to an unoccupied manufacturing facility, the surgical products manufacturer sought to revitalize its workplace environment with a creative and innovative setting. In response, Gensler reconfigured the building envelope through an expanse of new and existing openings at the perimeter and roof. Light walls carved through the building’s center create double-height shared spaces where all employees enjoy either natural or borrowed light. A re-energized work environment is enhanced further by expanded amenities, including training centers, a conference center and cafeteria. Following move-in, the company reported increased productivity and administrative efficiency, adding that the headquarters reflected an image consistent with its products.
This three-story addition to Lexicon Genetics’ existing facility comprises laboratories, a vivarium, offices, food services, meeting rooms, as well as a bold new entry. With its modern glass façade and curved roofline the new structure provides Lexicon’s corporate headquarters with visual prominence, while conveying the strength and security vital to its proprietary genomics technology and research. Formal and informal teaming spaces offer employees ample opportunities for collaboration, which is essential to the process of discovering and developing more-effective drugs.
Looking to change perceptions of weight and wellness, Khalili challenged Gensler to create a space that welcomes and inspires patients. The architecture reflects the openness, ease and convenience sought for the practice, as well as the warmth and enthusiasm of the staff. Finished with an elegantly simple color palette of white, gray and light wood, as well as minimalist furniture and fixtures, the center offers a calming counterpoint to the bustle of the outside world. A balance of cove and natural lighting further reinforces the environment’s soothing quality. Sophisticated and timeless, the space showcases the center’s work, conveying a deep commitment to professionalism and well-being.
As part of the new Cy-Fair campus, Gensler designed a 98,000-square-foot Health Science Center. The west wing of this two-story building comprises classrooms and faculty suites, while the east wing contains teaching laboratories and open computer labs. The Allied Health department, located on the first floor includes a medical assistant office and lab, three nursing suites, three radiology suites and one sonography lab. The Science Department on the second floor comprises chemistry (organic and inorganic), biology, microbiology, geology, anatomy and physics labs, which share a common lab prep area.
Upon acquiring Unilab, Quest Diagnostics consolidated its Los Angeles clinical laboratory operations into a single campus location. The vision was to employ “best in class” systems and processes to create an effective and efficient laboratory utilizing Six Sigma/Lean Design methodologies in the planning and design process. Comprising 250,000 square feet of diagnostic laboratories, distribution space and offices, a new 600-ton central plant and service yard outfitted with emergency generators and a DI (pure) water system, the facility promotes flexibility and synergy between departments with an open-plan system featuring shared natural light, timeless materials and modular lab benches.
After master planning a new 25-acre research campus for this leading biotechnology company, Gensler planned, programmed and designed a new corporate headquarters and state-of-the-art research facility, including the renovation of a 65,000-square-foot industrial building. The headquarters incorporates four research laboratories and a 3,500-square-foot AAALAC-certified rodent vivarium, along with 50,000 square feet of office space. To prevent the promotion of cross-contamination, the facility employs separate mechanical systems that have the additional benefit of accommodating future campus growth. Meeting spaces promote collaboration between departments and the efficient exchange of knowledge.
UT Health Science Center’s Clinical Skills program tests students in a practical clinical environment, while the Surgical Skills Lab program allows for research, education and testing of students’ surgical skills in a variety of environments. Gensler renovated 11,400 square feet of basement shell space to serve these two programs. Facilities include two mock operating rooms and surgical lab space to provide for research and education. The operating rooms feature full-body simulators interfaced with A/V and computer recording equipment that can be programmed to simulate virtually any medical situation that might be encountered.
Gensler designed this 15,600 square-foot suite to replace facilities that were destroyed by Tropical Storm Allison in 2001. The design includes a 57-station gross anatomy lab, morgue, plastination lab, plastination/model display rooms, offices and conference facilities. One of the busiest facilities of its kind in the United States, the morgue serves not only the UT medical school but many other institutions. It incorporates two embalming stations, a built-in freezer and cooler, as well as body and chemical storage. The gross anatomy lab provides education facilities for both medical and dental students across the university.