going, designed a building that will provide
a venue for interdisciplinary learning and
research. This project includes a multidis-
ciplinary approach of HOK’s resources in
architectural design, interior design, land-
scape architecture, lab planning/design
and education planning.
Like ECHA, the Core Sciences facility,
slated for completion in 2019, will encour-
age interdisciplinary relationships across
departments in applied sciences and en-
gineering.
Stratford is confident that HOK’s thought
leaders “…will bring a global perspective
to a local initiative” throughout the design
and building process.
Elements inside and outside of Memo-
rial University’s new Core Sciences facility
take design cues from natural elements
and local building traditions in Newfound-
land. The building will feature an atrium
in which the skeleton of a blue whale ap-
pears to rise between two metaphorical
ice floes.
Memorial University’s Core Sciences Facility will
allow for the province’s need to expand engineer-
ing research activities in areas of ocean technol-
ogy, offshore petroleum and Arctic resources.
“These two buildings are on opposite edges of our country… they are capturing
the moment and taking progressive steps for amazing discoveries to happen.”
Gordon Stratford, Design Principal, HOK
MAY 2016
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