Lean, sustainable biotech manufacturing

Sanofi Genzyme

Designed as an integral part of ARC’s Corporate Campus Master Plan for the Sanofi Genzyme Framingham campus, the LEED Gold Biologics Support Center provides research, education, and support space for the adjacent Framingham Cell Culture facility and other manufacturing facilities. The seven-story building brings together the metrology and validation departments and provides flexible space for Genzyme’s microbiology, chemistry, quality control laboratories, offices, and a data center.

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To achieve Genzyme’s global goals for sustainability, the team achieved a 27 percent energy cost savings through improved thermal envelope design, high efficiency glazing, and reduced lighting density.

Katie Archard, AIA, LEED AP, ARC

A central lecture hall, breakout spaces in the glass entrance tower, a café with roof terraces, and open offices and labs are designed to foster interaction among the Center’s 500 employees.

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Biologics building's electricity provided by renewable sources

Photography: John Horner Photography

Project

Biologics Support Center at Sanofi Genzyme

Location

Framingham, MA

Size

186,000 SF

Awards

2012 Project Achievement Award, Construction Management Association of America, New England Chapter