University of Pennsylvania Pennovation Center

University of Pennsylvania Pennovation HDR

University of Pennsylvania Pennovation Center

Planning Labs for Innovation

The Pennovation Center, a cornerstone building in the University of Pennsylvania’s 23-acre Pennovation Works District, began its 20th century life as a paint factory, and will continue its life in the 21st century as an idea factory. The center provides robust, flexible laboratories to support entrepreneurs the center hopes to attract.

HDR planners worked closely with the design team to ensure the science portion of the building encourages innovation in the same way seated workspaces and collaborative zones do. Initial fitout provides five BSL-2 capable individual incubator laboratories, with space available for an additional five upon demand. A central support zone on the floor provides shared laboratory support resources such as a freezer farm, glasswash/autoclave, tissue culture and molecular biology instrumentation. Access to these centralized support services is vital to up-and-coming startup science ventures.

This project was completed with KSS.

University of Pennsylvania Pennovation HDR
Client
University of Pennsylvania
Location

Philadelphia, PA
United States

Size
65,000 SF (6,038 m²)