AstraZeneca – PR&D Fit-Out
AstraZeneca
The Opportunity
To provide new laboratory facilities for the Process Research and Development function.
New facilities to replace the existing laboratories on the site.
The building to be positioned between two existing buildings to complete the Milford Site Master Plan developed by Austin with AstraZeneca.
All these buildings to be linked together with an internal “street”.
The Solution
The PR&D facility for AstraZeneca is a 12,000 sq.m building providing four floors of research laboratories, office space and meeting rooms for the Process Research and Development functions.
A full height atrium on the south face uses a climate wall construction for environmental control allowing visual connection to the outside from adjacent office space and open plan laboratories.
The atrium also provides a section of the internal “street” linking adjacent research and development buildings.
Each floor is independently serviced from plant rooms vertically stacked to the east face. This allows flexibility to alter or refurbish individual floors while maintaining operations on the others.
A “no ceilings” philosophy has been adopted throughout the majority of the building in both laboratories and offices. As both of these are largely open planned, a high level of flexibility in operations and maintenance is provided.
Flexibility in the open plan office areas is further enhanced using a raised access floor which also creates an air supply plenum.
The laboratories accommodate 250 fume cupboards including walk-in units and in addition ventilated robotic enclosures are provided.
Storage requirements are efficiently catered for using three Kardex units. Each of these runs full height through the building.
The interior design philosophy required particular attention to detail for all disciplines in the design and construction process from structural and building services to architectural fit-out. Austin was engaged as an AstraZeneca Alliance Partner to provide design and construction of the architectural fit-out of the entire facility.