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Nightingale Associates are enjoying a growing stature in the field of research laboratory design.
This has been based on an ability to understand the basic needs and requirements of facility users and then develop concepts that can add real value.
New stand alone £50m research laboratory building for the Medical Sciences Division and the Engineering Sciences Division of the University of Oxford.
The building comprises unique flexible research laboratory accommodation for the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, The Structural Genomics Consortium, The Radiation Oncology and Biology Unit, The Edward Jenner Institute for Vaccine Research and The Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research.
This project was designed in association Make Architects.
One of the UK's first purpose-built Magnetoencephalography (MEG) scanner units was designed by Nightingale Associates for the Department of Psychiatry at Oxford University.
A major challenge for the new MEG facility was the high sensitivity of the scanner to potential interference from environmental sources producing electromagnetic and radio frequency vibration. Consequently, the facility is housed in a single storey building on a magnetically ‘quiet’ site, as well as taking into account a maximum distance between the scanner and building services plant.
The exterior of the building reflects the aim of creating a modern yet sustainable facility. The use of timber cladding, coloured render and flat roofs results in an inviting aesthetic while the external landscaping provides a garden to the waiting area.
New £20m research complex at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus. The Campus is being developed as a leading global centre for science and innovation and will become home to some of the world’s most prestigious research facilities.
The new complex will provide around 5500sqm of laboratory facilities for both life and physical scientists using the UK’s new synchrotron, the Diamond Light Source, as well as other Government funded world class scientific resources based at the campus, including ISIS, the neutron spallation source and the Central Laser Facility, both operated by the Science and Technology Facilities Council.