The Office Tech­ni­cal and Edu­ca­tion Build­ing (OTE) is the cen­tral facil­i­ty in the Illi­nois Accel­er­a­tor Research Cen­ter (IARC) at Fer­mi Nation­al Accel­er­a­tor Lab­o­ra­to­ry. IARC’s pur­pose is to pair pri­vate indus­try with Fermilab’s world lead­ers in accel­er­a­tor sci­ence and tech­nol­o­gy to pro­mote new growth in the indus­tri­al­iza­tion of accel­er­a­tor use. 

The IARC con­sists of two main ele­ments: the new 48,000 square foot Office, Tech­ni­cal and Edu­ca­tion­al build­ing and the exist­ing heavy assem­bly Col­lid­er Detec­tor Facil­i­ty (CDF).

The flex­i­ble build­ing serves as incu­ba­tor space for rotat­ing ten­ants. Demount­able par­ti­tions, a raised access floor sys­tem, and under­floor air dis­tri­b­u­tion allow for con­fig­u­ra­tions based on research part­ner needs. Edu­ca­tion­al facil­i­ties include a state-of-the art 175 seat lec­ture hall to hold domes­tic and inter­na­tion­al sem­i­nars and conferences.

The build­ing includes active and pas­sive sus­tain­abil­i­ty fea­tures. The incu­ba­tor spaces are ori­ent­ed east-west to max­i­mize views and min­i­mize solar heat gain. A sec­ond floor lunch­room with spec­tac­u­lar views of Fer­mi’s cam­pus, includes a veg­e­ta­tive roof with an out­door seat­ing area.

Sit­ed dra­mat­i­cal­ly in the prairie and direct­ly adja­cent to the decom­mis­sioned Teva­tron, once the world’s largest par­ti­cle col­lid­er, the build­ing pro­vides a light filled, sus­tain­able and con­tem­pla­tive place to devel­op new sci­en­tif­ic exper­i­ments that advance our under­stand­ing of mat­ter, ener­gy, space and time.

Client: Unit­ed States Depart­ment of Ener­gy — Fer­mi­lab
Pro­gram: Research / Incu­ba­tor Lab­o­ra­to­ry, Edu­ca­tion and Con­fer­ence Build­ing
Cer­ti­fi­ca­tion: LEED Gold
Size: 48,000 sqft
Cost: $21,000,000

Select­ed Awards/​Honors:
Mer­it Award for New Con­struc­tion, Chica­go Build­ing Con­gress, 2015. 

Project Fea­tures:
The Archi­tec­t’s News­pa­per — ​“Life After the Col­lid­er“
Arch­Dai­ly — ​“Fer­mi­lab Office and Tech­ni­cal Edu­ca­tion Build­ing“
World Archi­tects — ​“Fer­mi­lab OTE Building”

Col­lab­o­ra­tive Part­ners:
Arup
Bar­ton Mal­ow
Burns McDon­nell
Hen­ne­man Engi­neer­ing
HOK
Primera Engi­neers
Rubi­nos & Mesia Engi­neers
Van­der­weil Engineers

Pho­tog­ra­phy Cred­its: © Kate Joyce Studios