North Carolina State University has broken ground on its Raleigh campus for a $180 million Integrative Sciences Building.
Scheduled for completion in 2026, the building will provide transformative new space for lab-based science programs such as chemistry, biochemistry, biology, agriculture, sustainability and engineering.
Moseley Architects, the architect of record, says the 153,000-square-foot facility will support a collaborative research environment for undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff. Each of its five floors will be highly interactive, with no separation between research and teaching. The programs housed in the building will focus on collaboration, inquiry-driven coursework across disciplines, communication and leadership, diversity and workforce development.
State-of-the-art instructional laboratories will occupy two floors. A science gallery and event space on the first floor will engage the community by displaying student and faculty research on the chemistry of the living world. The second floor will house advanced laboratory space, making possible the integration of physical and life science research.
Floors three, four and five will house the Integrative Sciences Initiative research program; the faculty will focus on discovering, using, and producing molecular agents used to fight cancer and infectious diseases.
The Integrative Sciences Building is a key component of the university’s Integrative Sciences Initiative that began in 2022. It aims to transform teaching, research and discovery in chemistry and other STEM fields at North Carolina State by employing the latest technology, addressing major societal challenges and training a new generation of interdisciplinary scientists.
