Sampson Hoffland Laboratories

On Friday, June 10, Brandy Russell, Joel Carlin, and Scott Bur visited Luther College to see the new Sampson Hoffland Laboratories (opened in 2008) and the renovated Valders Hall of Science.  The Opus Group was contracted for this add and renovate project.  Some of the things to notice in the photos are the student spaces outside the faculty offices, the downdraft hoods used for general chemistry, and the connection of the new building to the renovated building.  As with the building at Lawrence University, the floor-to-floor hight of the existing space was insufficient for modern air handling.  Accordingly, the floors in the new construction do not match with the floors of the renovated space.  In this case, a single level connection between the buildings was used.  This will also be one of our challenges.

Here is a link to the photo gallery of our visit.