March 17, 2008
ARCHITECTURE HONORED
Robert B. Goergen Hall for Biomedical Engineering and Optics
Two of the University’s newest buildings have
earned design awards from the Rochester chapter of the American Institute
of Architects.
The Robert L. Sproull Center for Ultra High Intensity
Laser Research, an addition to the Laboratory for Laser Energetics on the
South Campus, and the Robert B. Goergen Hall for Biomedical Engineering and
Optics on the River Campus were singled out at an awards ceremony March 1.
Robert L. Sproull Center for Ultra High Intensity Laser Research
SWBR Architects designed the Sproull Center, named for
the University’s seventh president and physicist Robert Sproull. The
Rochester firm also served as the associate architect for Goergen Hall.
Perkins Will of Boston acted as the lead architect on Goergen Hall.
Rochester-based LeChase Construction Services built both structures.
Award judges credited Goergen Hall, named in honor of
University trustee and alumnus Robert Goergen ‘60, with creating
collaborative areas for students and engaging the academic community
through its design. The dramatic use of daylight “emphasizes
compelling interior space,” the judges remarked.
The Sproull Center was lauded for its
“well-detailed curtain wall façade and a magnetic entrance
piece. ”The addition serves as an integral part of the Laboratory for
Laser Energetics, home to the world’s most powerful laser, Omega,
which scientists from around the nation utilize in their quest to develop
nuclear fusion as a reliable energy source.
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