Mace Group

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Mace Plus has a longstanding and positive relationship with Oxford University Estates Directorate, following the successful delivery of The Classical & Byzantine Study Centre and the Old Road Campus (Phases 1 & 2). In January 2009 Mace Plus was awarded the Stage 1 appointment to deliver their 4th project, the Oxford Molecular Pathology Institute.

Building on these previous projects stood the Mace Plus team in good stead, with many staff transferring over with an already excellent grasp of the technical workings and requirements of the laboratory.

The project comprises the construction of a new laboratory research facility within the environs of a live research and teaching campus. The Oxford Molecular Pathology Institute is on the site of the demolished Leslie Martin Building, and will be functionally integrated into the existing School of Pathology. The new institute will comprise four floors, plus a basement for support services.

The four above-ground floors each comprise office, primary and secondary laboratory space suitable for up to six research groups. The design incorporates open-plan, multi-group primary labs that include write-up desks for laboratory staff, and substantial secondary laboratories that can be configured for a variety of specialist purposes. A cluster of PI and support offices and meeting rooms around the main stairway form the interface between each laboratory floor and the school's shared café, common room, library and seminar rooms. We believe the design will reinforce the existing collegial culture, while providing first rate, flexible research accommodation.