Everitt Laboratory Transformation: Hub for Innovation

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Urbana, Illinois

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136,763 SF

A modern engineering laboratory in Everitt Laboratory with multiple workstations featuring black adjustable stools arranged along white lab benches equipped with various testing equipment and computers. The spacious room includes ceiling-mounted monitors and projectors, a blue accent wall, and a sink area visible in the background. The bright, well-lit space is designed for hands-on technical education with ample workspace for students conducting experiments and projects.

A modern engineering laboratory in Everitt Laboratory with multiple workstations featuring black adjustable stools arranged along benches designed or two people and equipped with various testing equipment and computers. The spacious room includes three side-by-side white boards with an instructor desk right in front of them. The bright, well-lit space is designed for hands-on technical education with ample workspace for students conducting experiments and projects.

A medical simulation lab in Everitt Laboratory featuring two medical training mannequins on exam tables positioned beneath ceiling-mounted surgical lights and equipment. The clinical space includes overhead monitors, viewing windows along one wall for observation, and medical equipment on side tables. The clean, well-lit environment with gray floors and neutral walls is designed to replicate a realistic healthcare setting for educational purposes.

Modern classroom or collaborative workspace in Everitt Laboratory featuring round tables with black office chairs on wheels arranged throughout a bright space with polished floors. Multiple display screens and whiteboards line the walls, and large windows overlook green trees and a brick building exterior. The room has recessed lighting and a clean, contemporary educational environment design.

A well-equipped scientific laboratory in Everitt Laboratory with black countertops, white storage cabinets, and organized workstations. The image shows overhead utility connections, glass-fronted storage cabinets containing colorful lab supplies, and rolling chairs at workbenches. Natural light enters through windows in the background, while the foreground features drawer units and clean work surfaces designed for conducting experiments and research in a controlled environment.

An airy, modern atrium inside Everitt Laboratory featuring a glass skylight that runs the length of the ceiling, allowing natural light to flood the space. The interior combines exposed brick walls with contemporary design elements, including colorful seating areas with round tables and lime green accents. The two-story space showcases blue and yellow wall segments, patterned carpeting, and an open second-floor balcony with metal railings, creating an inviting collaborative environment for students and faculty.

Everitt Laboratory: A Hub for Interdisciplinary Research and Medical Innovation

BSA transformed the historic Everitt Laboratory into an interdisciplinary hub of research and learning. As the world’s first engineering-based college of medicine, the combination of the new Carle College of Medicine and Department of BioEngineering supports all departmental faculty, teaching staff, postdoctoral and graduate students associated with the 20 investigative and computational teams located in the building.

Designed to be the epicenter of the next revolution in biomedical engineering front, the complex features cross-disciplinary work areas clustered according to study and research interests without regard to departmental allegiance. Additionally, support spaces facilitating interaction and collaboration are throughout the building.

Bioengineering research is located on the first floor. There, foci include image-guided surgical systems, biomedical nanotechnology, gene editing, and gene circuits. The ground floor includes the JUMP Simulation Center. The Center is an immersive environment with an operating suite, intensive care unit, and clinical exam rooms. Finally, several BSL-2 instructional labs on the third floor support studies on genetic engineering, biofabrication, and tissue engineering.

The labs are adaptable to accommodate evolving technologies and collaborations for prosthetics, medical instruments, and other cutting-edge research.

Professor Rashid Bashir, Department Head, Bioengineering said, “The researchers in [Everitt Laboratory] will develop new technologies for early diagnosis of cancer and infectious diseases, develop new prosthesis for the elderly and the disabled and new brain machine interfaces, develop new therapeutic devices and technologies for individualized and personalized medicine — and overall improve the human condition and the quality of life, reduce costs and extend lives by another 50 years.”

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Disciplines

Architecture, Engineering, Interior Design, Planning

Awards

LEED Gold Certified

Everitt Laboratory Transformation: Hub for Innovation

Everitt Laboratory: A Hub for Interdisciplinary Research and Medical Innovation

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