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The Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building forms part of the consolidation and renewal of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration facilities in the Washington D.C. region. Located in College Park Maryland, the new home for the Center for Food Saftey and Applied Nutrition brings together previously disparate offices, providing state-of-the-art facilities for integrated laboratory and office work, and creates space for joint efforts between the FDA and the University of Maryland at College Park.

Primary goals for the building project were to provide facilities suitable for a first rate, scientific organization, to inspire research and review work and to support recruitment and interaction with international agencies such as the World Health Organization. The mandate for the design was to bring together lab research and office review procedures and thus integrate the entire facility and its working population.

The site selected for the CFSAN Headquarters is part of the FDA relocation to Prince George and Montgomery Counties. Located in an evolving sector of College Park, immediately adjacent to the College Park Metro station, the new building acts as a major catalyst for redevelopment of the surrounding area, by its physical presence, its population of highly trained professionals, and its attraction of visitors, researchers and public.

The program called for 410,000 gsf, divided into labs, offices and support facilities. Additional program elements included food service, a library, a fitness center, training rooms, and an auditorium. In anticipation of further consolidation, expansion of laboratories equal to the initial lab component was developed on the site.

The design challenge was to design an integrated facility, on the relatively small part of the site north of the watercourse, within the 85' height limit, with publicly accessible commercial space at street level within a tightly constrained budget. Integration was achieved by creating a common skylit atrium with laboratories and offices on facing sides and an open library on its ground floor level. Laboratories link to the surrounding office wings on each end, glazed openings provide visual connections, and common shared 'task force' rooms are located at the points of connection of labs and offices.

Public elevators and stairs lead to balconies within the common atrium space, providing visibility between labs and offices, and of people moving through the building. The open atrium library, with a large component of current periodicals, acts as a meeting space, visible to adjacent occupants, but separated at ground level by shoulder height bookcases.

Food service facilities are located at the building entrance, facing the Metro and opening to the street, thus providing public access, and perhaps as important, the need for building occupants to leave the building to find food and beverages.

click to see larger image	The Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building forms part of the consolidation and renewal of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration facilities in the Washington D.C. region. Located in College Park Maryland, the new home for the Center for Food Saftey and Applied Nutrition brings together previously disparate offices, providing state-of-the-art facilities for integrated laboratory and office work, and creates space for joint efforts between the FDA and the University of Maryland at College Park. Primary goals for the building project were to provide facilities suitable for a first rate, scientific organization, to inspire research and review work and to support recruitment and interaction with international agencies such as the World Health Organization. The mandate for the design was to bring together lab research and office review procedures and thus integrate the entire facility and its working population. The site selected for the CFSAN Headquarters is part of the FDA relocation to Prince George and Montgomery Counties. Located in an evolving sector of College Park, immediately adjacent to the College Park Metro station, the new building acts as a major catalyst for redevelopment of the surrounding area, by its physical presence, its population of highly trained professionals, and its attraction of visitors, researchers and public. The program called for 410,000 gsf, divided into labs, offices and support facilities. Additional program elements included food service, a library, a fitness center, training rooms, and an auditorium. In anticipation of further consolidation, expansion of laboratories equal to the initial lab component was developed on the site. The design challenge was to design an integrated facility, on the relatively small part of the site north of the watercourse, within the 85' height limit, with publicly accessible commercial space at street level within a tightly constrained budget. Integration was achieved by creating a common skylit atrium with laboratories and offices on facing sides and an open library on its ground floor level. Laboratories link to the surrounding office wings on each end, glazed openings provide visual connections, and common shared 'task force' rooms are located at the points of connection of labs and offices. Public elevators and stairs lead to balconies within the common atrium space, providing visibility between labs and offices, and of people moving through the building. The open atrium library, with a large component of current periodicals, acts as a meeting space, visible to adjacent occupants, but separated at ground level by shoulder height bookcases. Food service facilities are located at the building entrance, facing the Metro and opening to the street, thus providing public access, and perhaps as important, the need for building occupants to leave the building to find food and beverages.
	*Project Data* Completion Date: 1988 Total Area: 81,000 sf	Awards: · 2002 Marvin M. Black Excellence in Partnering Award · 2002 Citation for Architecture, GSA Federal Design -Award

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