Architects:SmithGroup

Area :26013 m²

Year :2021

Photographs :Hillside Media, Tricia Shay Photography, Chris Paskus / C+N Photo

Manufacturers :  Vitro®, Draper Inc.Vitro®

Lead Architects :SmithGroup

MEP Engineering :AEI Affiliated Engineers

Civil Engineer :Emmons & Olivier Resources

Design Team : Jason Smith, Carolina Lopez, Jeff Hrubec, Joe Procunier, Patty Mayle, Mat Nosek, Raquel Guzman Geara, Diane Kase

Clients : Promega Corporation

City : Fitchburg

Country : United States

Promega Corporation is an international biotechnology company serving life science research and applications with values in long-term planning, creative thinking, attention to detail, flexibility, and transformational development. Named for the Nobel Prize-winning biochemist Arthur Kornberg, the 280,000-square-foot Kornberg Center research and development facility advances research capacity and capability in creating tools and technologies that support most novel methods and techniques in research, drug development, forensic science, clinical and molecular diagnostics, and applied to test. Nestled into a clearing and surrounded by woodlands, the design takes inspiration from nature, scientific workflow, and a people-centric business approach that facilitates leading-edge scientific discovery.

Promega’s culture embraces the principles of well-being and emotional and social intelligence to help employees flourish by improving relationships, managing stress, and enhancing connections. The organization’s Emotional and Social Intelligence program includes 1:1 and group coaching, daily guided meditations, training, and boot camps as a company-wide initiative. To empower their employees and the company’s growth, the building is designed to nurture - innovation, collaboration, creative thinking, and personal development.