Portland State Magazine Fall 2014

FALL 2014 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE 19 The University is sharing space in a new building on Portland’s South Waterfront. WITH ITS FUTURISTIC facade and airy, multi-tiered atrium, the Collaborative Life Sciences Building (CLSB) soars from the banks of the Willamette River on Portland’s South Waterfront. It’s the newest— and biggest—addition to Portland State’s expanding campus, provid- ing lab, research and classroom space for health and science majors. To build it, PSU partnered with Oregon Health & Science Univer- sity and Oregon State University, which will share the state-of-the-art training rooms and lecture halls, as well as sweeping views. “This gives our students not only the space and equipment they need to compete, but the invaluable experience of learning and working side- by-side with OHSU and OSU grad students,” President Wim Wiewel said during the CLSB dedication ceremony in July. The $295 million project, designed by SERA Architects of Portland and CO Architects of Los Angeles, received LEED Platinum desig- nation—the top category for sustainable construction. The building is accessible from PSU’s main campus by foot, bicycle, streetcar, and within a year, light rail. Beginning this fall, Portland State science and health students are taking advantage of new lab and classroom space in the Collaborative Life Sciences Building. Luz Alvarez and Joanna Wolffe, above left, walk one of the building’s many skyways. In a biology lab, above, Anky Guchait talks with Joe Bongen and Ashley Davis studies to the right. Photos by Kelly James and Alene Davis.