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]

Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery

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

Awards

See also

References
  1. "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.
  2. "Jo Handelsman Named Director of Wisconsin Institute for Discovery". 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  3. "Leadership". Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery. 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  4. "Building - Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery". Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery. 28 April 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2009.

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