Element Research Center

Gunbarrel CO

Due to its highly educated workforce, proximity to the University of Colorado, and quality of life, Boulder CO and the surrounding area is quickly becoming an established life sciences hub. As a campus-wide repositioning effort, the Element Research Center entails developing a unique sense of place and collaborative environment for a wide range of future life science tenants.

Through a speculative lab and office planning exercise, the potential of the former single-user research and development campus was identified and the scope of work against which budgets could be evaluated was defined. The transformation will both extend and enhance the life of the existing campus and its 7 buildings.

In addition to developing an ideal speculative lab/office mix, VEGA’s work identified necessary infrastructure upgrades, introduced extensive daylighting opportunities, addressed code compliance throughout and created speculative lab/office suites.