BOSTON, Mass. – Brigham and Women’s Hospital recently broke ground on the Brigham Building for the Future, a 620,000-square-foot translational research and clinical facility designed by NBBJ. Suffolk Construction is general contractor.
The 11-story Brigham Building for the Future, located on the hospital’s Longwood campus, will house eight floors of research laboratories, three floors of clinics, a state-of-the-art imaging facility, social spaces and a 400-car garage, along with associated site improvements.
The facility aims to advance patient care by furthering translational research, co-locating the researchers and clinicians in order to break down the barriers between them. Social spaces including touchdown areas, conference rooms, cafés and a roof garden encourage further interaction, while a public gallery at street level promotes the hospital’s research to visitors and patients. Meanwhile, flexible clinical floors integrate clinicians across multiple sub-specialties, providing the highest quality of multidisciplinary care for patients with complex neurological and musculoskeletal conditions.
Designed to achieve LEED-Gold certification, the Brigham Building for the Future is expected to be complete in 2016.
