Beaufort, NC
The Dr. Orrin H. Pilkey Research Laboratory is a state-of-the-art, LEED Gold marine science research building. Designed to the highest environmental and sustainable standards, it incorporates design solutions to address hurricane force winds, sea level rise, and storm surge concerns. The first floor revolves around a collaborative “Collisional Commons” surrounded by faculty offices, a PhD bullpen, teaching lab, video conference room and service spaces. The second floor is a laboratory loft that houses equipment-intensive research spaces and features an elevated deck with views of downtown Beaufort and the surrounding islands.
“a remarkable building that has already become the heart of the island […] The architect-led design build team earned our trust from the very beginning because they listened and responded to our dreams for this building, our programmatic needs, and budgetary constraints in which we needed to work […] the team delivered a very sophisticated science building for a remote field campus.”
