Shriram Center for Bioengineering & Chemical Engineering
Stanford University
A human scale for ambitious research.
The Shriram Center brings bioengineering and chemical engineering into a common home within Stanford's Science and Engineering Quad. Research and teaching labs are connected by a central stair and open atrium, allowing people to see work underway across floors and disciplines.
RMA.studio's space planning, furnishings selections, and custom furniture design support the daily life around that research. Places to meet, work through an idea, or pause between activities make the building useful beyond its labs. The furniture helps turn circulation and shared areas into settings for exchange while leaving the scientific work at the center of the experience.
An oak tree removed from the site found a new use in the building. RMA.studio designed custom tables for the tea room area using the reclaimed wood, bringing its distinctive grain and natural character into spaces used every day.
Client
Stanford School of Medicine & Stanford School of Engineering
Our role
Space planning, furnishings selections, custom furniture design
Size
206,000 SF
Architect
BORA
Photography
technicalimagery.com
A custom table made from oak reclaimed from the site.
Oak slabs in storage during construction of the building.
Progress photo during fabrication.
Additional tables made from the same reclaimed oak.