Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery

The Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery is a public-private research and outreach partnership that is located in the Discovery Building on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus. It consists of two institutions: the privately funded Morgridge Institute for Research, and the publicly funded Wisconsin Institute for Discovery. Both institutes opened in 2010.^[1] The publicly funded institute is headed by Jo Handelsman,^[2] and the privately funded institute is led by chief executive officer Brad Schwartz.^[3]

Both institutes are housed in the same facility, the ground floor of which serves as a "town center", providing several small and large meeting and collaboration areas and variety of dining options. This town center design is based on the philosophies presented in the Wisconsin Idea.^[4] Above the town center on the ground floor, the building has three floors of modular, non-traditional research and lab space, designed to promote collaboration amongst researchers.^[4] The building is also designed using green techniques, and is expected to use 50% less energy and water than the next most recent research building on the UW–Madison campus.^[4]

Building Design Information

Size: 330,000 square feet
Cost: $213 million
Architect, Design Architect, and Laboratory Planner: Ballinger, Philadelphia, PA
Associate Architect/Interior Designer: Uihlein Wilson Architects, Milwaukee, WI
MEP Engineer: Affiliated Engineers Inc., Madison, WI
Landscape Architect: Olin Partnership, Philadelphia, PA
Structural and Civil Engineer: Graef, Anhalt, Schloemer & Assoc. Inc., Madison, WI
Construction Manager: J.H. Findorff & Sons Inc., Madison, WI, and M.A. Mortensen Co., Brookfield, WI
Commissioning Engineer: Facility Dynamics Engineering, Columbia, MD and Champaign-Urbana, IL
Stone Fabricator: Quarra Stone Company LLC, Madison WI

Awards

Awarded 2012 Laboratory of the Year by R&D Magazine http://www.rdmag.com/articles/2012/06/laboratory-all
Received the 2012 Innovation in Green Building Award http://www.usgbc.org/articles/university-wisconsin-%E2%80%93-madison-receives-2012-innovation-green-building-award

References

^ "Wiley takes interim post at Wisconsin Institute for Discovery". The Business Journal of Milwaukee. American City Business Journals, Inc. 23 June 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2009.
^ "Jo Handelsman Named Director of Wisconsin Institute for Discovery". 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
^ "Leadership". Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery. 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Building - Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery". Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery. 28 April 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2009.