THE DOGRUN

Lake Flato's "Maryland Team" has recently completed Schematic Design for the Biomedical Sciences and Engineering Education Building at the Universities at Shady Grove campus in Rockville, MD. We've been collaborating with Cooper Carry out of Atlanta, GA again for our second biomedical lab building (after Georgia Tech's Engineered Biomedical Building). The Universities at Shady Grove (USG) is a unique consortium of public universities working to transform higher education through partnership and collaboration—connecting students and faculty from diverse backgrounds to the regional workforce and communities beyond. The USG campus itself has the potential to embody this sense of connectivity by integrating the built environment with the rich existing human and ecological landscape both on campus and beyond. The new Biomedical Sciences and Engineering Education Facility (BSE) will thus be a pivotal addition to the heart of the campus, reinforcing and strengthening connections between campus buildings, as well as between buildings and natural landscape, forming an engaging learning experience on multiple levels. The new architectural vocabulary and character established by this building will help define and strengthen the identity of the Shady Grove campus, creating a magnet of activity that is highly transparent and connected at multiple levels to community and environment. Establishing a highly accessible public space while maintaining a “student-owned” experience, the BSE should be an outer expression of the role of USG in the community as it effectively addresses both the needs of employers and educational needs of new students. sketch of central atrium experience early building diagram   process models   building facade diagram   building facade sketches   view of eastern entry   first floor plan sketch   landscape drawing     aerial perspective   western entry   atrium sketch   cafe sketch