Taubman Complex Southfield, Lawrence Technological University Michigan, US Architecture
Taubman Complex, Southfield, Michigan
Lawrence Technological University Building, MI, USA – design by Morphosis Architects
Jun 10, 2017
A. Alfred Taubman Engineering, Architecture, and Life Sciences Complex
A. Alfred Taubman Engineering, Architecture, and Life Sciences Complex, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield
Design: Morphosis Architects with Albert Kahn Associates
The A. Alfred Taubman Engineering, Architecture, and Life Sciences Complex is a new 36,700-SF academic laboratory building for Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, Michigan, that provides advanced facilities for robotics engineering, biomedical engineering, life sciences and related programs.
The design of the building evolved around opportunities to enhance connectivity at multiple scales ? between the school?s various engineering and design disciplines, previously housed in separate buildings, as well as within existing and future regions of the campus.
The Taubman Complex is among the first buildings constructed in LTU?s major expansion and renovation effort, which will add new campus regions, buildings, and amenities to serve the university?s growing student population. To support this effort, the Complex is designed as an ?extrudable section:? an occupiable bar that can be extended in phases to accommodate growth while maintaining the function and design integrity of the building.

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