Envisioned as a state-of-the-art science teaching and research laboratory the building was designed to reflect the high aspirations of this award-winning, forward-thinking science program. The facility houses teaching and research laboratories, with specialized labs for physical sciences, life sciences and chemistry occupying each of its three floors. With shared support, office, teaching and meeting spaces woven between labs, the building is situated near a steep hillside at the intersection between the lower and upper campus.