Wielding shovels at the Nov. 19 groundbreaking for the Chemistry Research Building are (from left) John Tully, the Arthur T. Kemp Professor of Chemistry; Frederick Ziegler, professor of chemistry; Provost Susan Hockfield; architect Jon Jackson of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson; Pamela Delphenich of University Planning; Donald Crothers, Sterling Professor Emeritus of Chemistry; Joanne Bentley, the chemistry department's business manager; architect Paul Fermano of Cannon Design; Andrew Hamilton, deputy provost for the sciences and the Irene duPont Professor of Chemistry; and Gary Brudvig, professor and chemistry department chair. |
There was a groundbreaking ceremony on Nov. 19 for the Class of 1954 Chemistry Research Building, the newest addition to Yale's Science Hill.
Excavation began this past summer for the teaching and research facility, which is located on Prospect Street, south of Edwards Street, and foundation walls are now being erected.
The new facility will include space for scientists whose research in organic and biochemistry requires elaborate air handling and chemical safety systems.
Construction is being funded in part by a gift from the Yale College Class of 1954, which donated $70 million to the University to support science buildings and other priorities. A portion of that gift also helped fund the Class of 1954 Environmental Science Center near Yale's Peabody Museum of Natural History, which opened in 2001.
"This is a great day for the Chemistry department," said Gary Brudvig, professor and chair of chemistry, who hosted the groundbreaking ceremony and introduced the featured speakers.
Provost Susan Hockfield noted: "The construction of this building marks the second of five new facilities in Yale's $500 million commitment to research and teaching on Science Hill. The advanced state of construction indicates that we are well on our way, and not just beginning, the extensive plan that will produce 1.3 million gross square feet of renovation and new construction."
Hockfield added that the clustering of buildings and facilities on Science Hill provides both physical proximity and interconnectedness for the research programs.
John Tully, the Arthur T. Kemp Professor of Chemistry and chair of the Chemistry Building Committee, described the new facility as "a jewel that will attract new faculty and students and enhance research and teaching."
Frederick Ziegler, professor of chemistry and chair of the Laboratory Coordination Committee, noted that this is the ninth chemistry building that has been built at Yale in 250 years and is the first new chemistry building in 40 years. The new $63 million structure, he added, will contain 37 four-person laboratories for "hood-intensive," inorganic, organic and bioorganic chemistry research.
The state-of-the-art building symbolizes the "architect" as a team rather than an individual and reflects the cooperation and creativity of the faculty, the designers and the University, according to Jon Jackson, a principal in Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, which is serving as the design architect for the project. The firm is working in cooperation with Cannon Design of Boston, which has been involved with the laboratory design.
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