News
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Master Plan for Confidential Client in Korea
December 08, 2011
Jacobs/Wyper Architects has been selected to design the master plan for a 120,000 sf manufacturing facility in South Korea. Because of the Client's needs for expansion to accommodate production increases and future growth, JWA was commissioned to analyze the existing facility to capture current product and personnel flows in order to prepare future product and personnel flows while addressing any possible cGMP concerns.
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JWA Recognized for Facility of the Year Award for Integration
November 16, 2011
JWA was recognized at the annual ISPE conference in Dallas, Texas as the lead for architectural design on Merck's (formerly Schering-Plough) Global Clinical Supplies Facility. This project won the prestigious 2011 Facility of the Year award for Facility Integration awarded by ISPE, INTERPHEX, and Pharmaceutical Processing Magazine. This project was selected from a group of 26 projects located in 11 different countries.
The Global Clinical Supplies Manufacturing, Packaging, and Warehouse expansion project helped Merck & Co., Inc. meet increased productivity needs and an increase in clinical trial patient demand. In addition, all drugs produced by this Global Manufacturer will pass through the facility during clinical trials. A few of the unique factors making the facility worthy of this award include its originality, flexibility, use of new technology, and advancements in innovative design and construction methodologies. The facility was completed using both modular construction and adaptive reuse delivering a truly sustainable design which resulted in premium efficiency for the long term use of the space. The facility will be able to scale up easily to deliver multiple products simultaneously including oral solid dosage, liquids, dry inhalation, as well as filling, packaging, and process development.
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Seminar on New Workplace Design at ISPE Annual Conference
November 14, 2011
Partner Terry Jacobs, with Ken Ewan of MedImmune, hosted a seminar at the ISPE Annual Meeting in Dallas, TX on New Workplace Design. Global companies are changing the office and laboratory workplace to reduce real estate costs, but more importantly to increase productivity, innovation and R&D effectiveness. The laboratory is also being reinvented to provide ultimate flexibility, intense sharing of instrumentation, and support of true end-to-end product development. Other trends from organizations outside the pharmaceutical world will be explored as well as the global work environment that is changing the way work is done.
The ISPE Annual Conference took place November 6 to 9 in Dallas, TX.
Recent Projects
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JWA was commissioned to provide restoration and renovation services for 1221-1223 Locust Street, the former Princeton Club of Philadelphia which is on the National Register of Historic Places. The first floor has recently been converted into the vegetarian restaurant, Vedge, owned and run by Chefs Richard Landau and Kate Jacoby. Check them out here: vedgerestaurant.com
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JWA is nearing completion on this new manufacturing headquarters on a 25 acre site. Voltaix is a manufacturer of specialty chemicals with exceptional expertise in silicon, germanium, and boron chemistry. They are the leading manufacturer of germane gas, a crucial ingredient in the fabrication of semiconductors and solar cells. This facility will be finished by the end of the year.
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JWA was commissioned by GlaxoSmithKline to renovate existing parts of their campus in Parsippany, NJ. The project was part of the company's goal to foster teamwork, communication, and collaboration within the office. The JWA design included removing cubicles and creating communal work areas, as well as the addition of several informal public spaces to initiate brainstorming and creative thinking.
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Jacobs/Wyper designed a new vaccine facility at CEVA Biomune's headquarters in Lenexa, Kansas. The facility will be two stories; the first floor will house production and utility functions, and the second floor will house an employee support area, offices, quality control laboratories, mechanical areas, and future expansion space. Construction began on the facility in early 2010, and was completed in April 2011.
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The 15,000 sf Center provides social, academic and religious services as well as the only kosher dining on Temple’s campus.
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This small (3,600 sf) project was designed for AZ’s North American Headquarters site in Wilmington, DE as a reception center for on-site contractors. It has achieved LEED Gold Certification in part through the use of a concrete trombe wall and a 10 kW photovoltaic array on the roof.
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