Article source: Jennifer Shelby

As the keystone in a new life sciences program at U Mass Amherst, the Integrated Sciences Building (ISB) sets the stage for the transformation of outdated and inhospitable teaching and research environments to a model focused on the integration of life, chemical, and physical sciences.

The building creates a new pulse at a key point on this campus of 26,000, located at a juncture between academic and residential precincts. The ISB presents a new approach to science learning to the entire university community.

Images Courtesy Warren Jagger

• Architect: Jennifer Shelby – Rhino Publications for Payette
• Name of Project: The University of Massachusetts Integrated Science Building
• Location: Amherst, Massachusetts
• Total Square Footage: 173,000 GSF Phase I, 155,000 GSF Phase II
• Construction Cost: $92 million Phase I
• Completed: 2009
• Program Components: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Life Sciences, Molecular Biology, Research Labs, Teaching Labs
• Photography: Warren Jagger
• Software used: AutoCad 2d/3d and FormZ (3-d modeling)

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