National Institute for Biotechnology: BGU University

BGU University Building, National Institute for Biotechnology, Israeli Education Project

National Institute for Biotechnology

Ben-Gurion Building: BGU Israel Higher Education Facility design by Chyutin Architects

22 Mar 2016

BGU National Institute for Biotechnology Building

Design: Chyutin Architects

The National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University, Israel

National Institute for Biotechnology

The building for the research laboratories of the National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev (NIBN), is situated at the southwestern corner of the Ben-Gurion University campus. The edifice is a part of the university’s laboratory buildings complex and is connected to it by a covered walkway.

National Institute for Biotechnology

The NIBN building is comprised of four levels: three for laboratories and researchers’ offices, standing above a transparent ground floor for general public functions such as foyer, faculty lounge, auditorium, cafeteria, and seminar room. These latter operations allow for increased interaction between researchers, thereby enhancing the exchange of knowledge and strengthening academic ties across disciplines.

National Institute for Biotechnology

The ground floor’s envelope combines transparent glass façades and exposed concrete walls. The glass façades establish viewing relations between the surrounding urban environment and inner campus areas, dissolving the barrier between them.

National Institute for Biotechnology

The exposed concrete walls form a stylistic and material continuation with the neighboring campus buildings. Adjacent to the foyer is a sizeable garden, partly covered by the upper laboratories floors, which creates an inviting and comfortable space for outdoor activities and bestows a sense of tranquility over the building as a whole.

National Institute for Biotechnology

National Institute for Biotechnology

The upper floors are organized around a square space that forms an elevated open-air atrium. Their design is modular and flexible so as to accommodate programmatic changes in terms of laboratory type and size. The laboratories and offices are located at the building’s periphery, while the social spaces with their glass facades and the auxiliary rooms with their plastered walls face the atrium and have views upon the garden.

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A double skin system serves as this section’s envelope, enabling the inner spaces to receive their appropriate exposure to sunlight. This façade consists of an internal glazed curtain wall and an external layer of green u glass, which is perforated by vertical openings of acid u glass louvers that expose the building’s population to the landscape.

National Institute for Biotechnology

National Institute for Biotechnology

National Institute for Biotechnology – Ben-Gurion University – Building Information

Architects: Chyutin Architects
Location: Ben-Gurion University, Israel
Design team: Bracha Chyutin, Michael Chyutin, Ethel Rosenhek, Jacques Dahan
Laboratories interior: Moshly- Aldar Architects
Area: 6000 sqm
Project year: 2015

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National Institute for Biotechnology

National Institute for Biotechnology

Photographs: Amit Geron, Dan Chyutin

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