Louviere, Stratton & Yokel, LLC

Animal Facilities Planning & Design

Architects and Laboratory Planners 8484 Georgia Avenue, Suite 650, Silver Spring, MD 20910 • 301.588.1500 • www.lsyarchitects.com

 

L O U V I E R E , S T R A T T O N & Y O K E L , A R C H I T E C T S & L A B O R A T O R Y P L A N N E R S

 

 

FIRM INTRODUCTION

Louviere, Stratton and Yokel, L.L.C. (LSY) provides planning, design, and construction phase services to government, academic and private sector clients. We are nationally recognized for our expertise in high technology projects including biocontainment and nanotechnology laboratories, animal facilities, imaging, and clinical facilities. Our design philosophy emphasizes the collaboration of architecture and science to produce innovative, aesthetic facilities responsive to client needs. We distinguish ourselves by combining small firm responsiveness with expertise ordinarily found in larger national firms. Each of our clients is assured of principal level involvement, top flight service and innovative design from start to finish. MISSION: The Principals at LSY share the common goal of creating innovative and functional workspaces for the academic and scientific research communities. LSY provides a wide range of animal facilities planning and design services, including the design of specialized spaces ranging from insectaries, imaging, and aquatics facilities to biohazard containment vivaria and laboratories BSL-2 through BSL-4.  We practice a knowledge-based team approach which respects and encourages client participation. This philosophy is the cornerstone on which LSY was founded and it continues to inspire our commitment to innovative and functional design. QUALITY: LSY has a proven track record of cost-efficient, on-time delivery of technically-challenging laboratory and animal facilities. We know the necessity of addressing today’s challenging security, chain of command, and safety issues. Our dedicated staff continually investigates the latest trends and technologies in planning, programming and design, to achieve maximum flexibility so that, as lab conditions and agendas evolve, changing equipment needs and shifts in program emphasis may be accommodated over the life of the building.  

SELECTED ANIMAL FACILITY PROJECTS GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY, KRASNOW INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY – planning and programming for two new additions totaling 28,000 sf, which include a vivarium, neuroscience laboratories, and research offices. CHILDREN’S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER RESEARCH EXPANSION – planning and design for 6,000 sf expansion which will provide additional holding, procedure rooms, and a state-of-the-art imaging center. NIH JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW RESEARCH CENTER -- design management and peer review for 540,000 gsf basic research laboratory, including approximately 65,000 nsf of primate and rodent vivarium. NIH JOHN EDWARD PORTER NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER -- design management and peer review for 560,000 gsf basic research laboratory with a 70,000 nsf vivarium. NIH NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGIES AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES -planning, programming, and design oversight for 150,000 sf research facility with BSL-3 containment laboratories and animal facilities for research on infectious diseases. NIH NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE BASIC RESEARCH LABORATORY -- renovation of 265,000 gsf occupied biomedical research facility, which includes molecular biology, cellular biology, and genetics laboratories as well as numerous specialized laboratories, and a rodent vivarium. NIH ZEBRAFISH FACILITY -- planning and design of 16,500 sf zebrafish aquatics vivarium and nuclear magnetic resonance facility. With 15,000 tanks, this zebrafish facility will be the largest in the world. JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH – planning and design for insect-borne infectious diseases laboratory and BSL-3 insectary. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH – master planning and design for 55,000 sf research facility modernization, including relocation of 8,000 sf transgenic vivarium with BSL-2 holding and procedure facilities. INTEGRATED LIFE SCIENCES BUILDING VIRGINA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY – laboratory planning for BSL-3 and BSL-2 facility with 50,000 sf laboratories and a 7,300 sf rodent vivarium for infectious disease research and vaccine development. NATIONAL BIODEFENSE ANALYSIS AND COUNTERMEASURES CENTER (NBACC) - planning and design for an 8,700 sf multi-species BSL-2 vivarium with holding rooms, procedure space, surgery suite, telemetry room, and support areas. NIH ANIMAL CENTER RENOVATION- programming and design for 23,000 gsf animal holding facility with a BSL-3 suite, holding, procedure, necropsy, treatment, and laboratories. FDA BSL-3 LABORATORY SUITE – planning and design for award-winning 700 sf animal holding suite for infectious disease research.

L O U V I E R E , S T R A T T O N & Y O K E L , A R C H I T E C T S & L A B O R A T O R Y P L A N N E R S

LSY VIVARIUM EXPERIENCE TYPE OF FACILITIES EXPERIENCE • Multiple Species (rodents, rabbits, non-human

primates, etc.)

• SPF, Transgenic, Barrier Facilities

• Biocontainment Facilities (BSL-3, 3Ag, 4)

• Specialized Facilities (Insectaries, Aerobiology, Aquatics, Imaging, etc.)

SEMINARS / ASSOCIATIONS • Member, American Association of Laboratory

Animal Care – National Capital Area Branch

• Animal Facilities Design Seminars

• Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

• Peer Reviewer, NCRR Grants Review Board

• 2009 International Conference on Biocontainment Facilities

• 8th National CDC Symposium on Biosafety

• NIH Design Policy Guidelines: Technical Editor Current Edition

• NIH/CDC Biomedical Manual for Biosafety: Technical Editing Committee

DESIGN REVIEW AUTHORITY • USAMRIID Peer Review

• NIH National & Regional Biocontainment Laboratories

• National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) CO6 & G20 Construction Document Reviewer & Site Inspections

LSY CLIENT LIST Army Corps of Engineers – Baltimore District Baxter Bioscience Cambridge Systems Inc. Children’s National Medical Center Gallaudet University George Mason University Georgetown University Hospital Johns Hopkins University LifeBridge Health Med Star Health National Cancer Institute Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc. The National Institutes of Health National Center for Biotechnology Information National Eye Institute National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute National Human Genome Research Institute National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases National Institute of Mental Health National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke National Institute of Standards and Technology National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism National Institute on Deafness and other Communications Disorders National Institutes of Health- National Center for Research Resources National Institute of Standards and Technology National Library of Medicine Rutgers University Tufts University U.S. Food and Drug Administration U.S. Naval Research Laboratory University of Maryland Medical Center University of Nebraska-Lincoln University of North Dakota University of Pittsburg Medical Center Magee-Womens Research Institute University of South Florida University of Virginia University of Washington Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Wright State University Walter Reed Army Medical Center