The Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact is excited to share with you this opportunity for a philanthropic partnership. Our Knight Campus Building 2 is a 185,000-square-foot, multi-story bioengineering and applied science research facility now under construction at 1100 Riverfront Parkway in Eugene.
Building 2 will double the Knight Campus’ capacity for research and development of new biomedical technologies with additional room for its expanding academic programs.
About the new building
The new building emphasizes engineering research and training with amenities that includes:
- A student maker space for students to learn, prototype and test their inventions.
- Space for 17-20 research groups focused on bioengineering and biomedical computational science.
The new building will include:
- A public café alongside the Millrace
- A floating central staircase
- An open-air courtyard
- The second of two Papé Family Innovation Center facilities, offering individual modules that companies can lease, and providing flexibility for biomedical startup companies.
The new building will also include a Biofabrication and Bioanalysis Core Facility which will allow researchers to use high-throughput technology to understand and then develop synthetic cells, tissues, and organs. It enables the development of new personalized medical tools that could be used to monitor health, regenerate new tissue, and treat cancer and other ailments.
“With the addition of Knight Campus Building 2, we are still just getting started. The buildings—made possible through the Knights’ visionary partnership—are scaffolds into which our donors and partners allow us to build world-class academic, research, and innovation programs.”
—Robert Guldberg
Vice President and Robert and Leona DeArmond Executive Director
Rendered Image by MIR, courtesy of ZGF Architects