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Knight Cancer Research Building in Portland
Feb 23, 2021
Knight Cancer Research Building
Architecture: SRG Partnership
Location: Portland, Oregon, USA

The Knight Cancer Research Building (KCRB) at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) serves a singular mission: to end cancer as we know it. To achieve this, the Knight Cancer Institute championed a ?team science? approach that encourages scientists to work differently, performing interdisciplinary early detection research in an environment upholding collaboration, connections, and shared resources. The KCRB breaks down barriers in order to build up scientists to do their best and most innovative work?all in the name of a cure.
Site

Located on OHSU?s Schnitzer Campus in Portland?s South Waterfront District, the LEED Platinum KCRB sits at the heart of a pedestrian-oriented hub of research and academia served by multi-modal transit. The facility fronts a dedicated campus greenspace facing the Willamette River, strategically sited along the campus?s north-south pedestrian movement corridor. OHSU?s clinical care facilities and the tramway to the University?s Marquam Hill campus are a short walk away.

Design Concept

The KCRB is a research building for all scientists. It overturns the typical model of competing researchers, laboratory siloes, and limited daylight and views for an unprecedented facility that is...