Projects
"Science Without Boundaries" OIST | NEWS CENTER, 19 October 2012 http://www.oist.jp/video/science-without-boundaries
"Okinawa Institute of Science & Technology / Nikken Sekkei + Kornberg Associates + Kuniken" ArchDaily, May 29, 2012 http://www.archdaily.com/238664/okinawa-institute-of-science-technology-nikken-sekkei-kornberg-associates-kuniken/
"Where Robots and Rats Play" The Economist, Science & Technology, November 26, 2011 http://www.economist.com/node/21540228
"New Science & Technology Graduate University in Okinawa" October 28, 2011 http://www.oist.jp/en/press-room/press-releases.html
"An Idea Becoming Reality!" October 28, 2011 http://www.oist.jp/en/press-room/news-articles/151-2011/1209-idea-becoming-reality.html
"Japan's New Okinawa Institute Officially Becomes Graduate University" Dennis Normile, ScienceInsider, October 28, 2011 http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/10/japans-new-okinawa-institute.html
"Okinawa Institute of Science & Technology" YouTube http://youtu.be/h4yP_Ltc97E
"OIST the Movie" YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/oistedu#p/a/u/1/qRWSFoIXikk
"Made in Japan: A new university on an island outpost looks set to succeed against the odds" Nature | Editorial, June 29, 2011. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v474/n7353/full/474541b.html
"Okinawa Goes Recruiting: Research freedom proves trump card for interdisciplinary Japanese institute" David Cyranoski, Nature | News, June 29, 2011. http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110629/full/474553a.html
Speaking Engagements
AIA San Mateo County Chapter, June 22 Forum Meeting. Kornberg Associates' Founder and President, Ken Kornberg, and Brian Tucker, Founder/President of GeoHazards International, presented "Padang in Peril. What Can an Architect Do?"
Green Laboratory Design Conference, Tokyo and Osaka, Japan. Ken Kornberg presented "Green Design for 21st Century Research Facilities"
ANFA, in partnership with UCSD, Salk Institute and NewSchool of Architecture & Design present ANF Interfaces, a series of discussions about emerging research at the intersection of Neuroscience & Architecture. Ken Kornberg presented "Creating a Successful Research Campus for the 21st Century" using the Okinawa Institute of Science & Technology as the focus of his talk.
Lab Design Conference. Ken Kornberg presented the project "Okinawa Institute of Science & Technology"
Gene Acres 2009 Conference. "Trash Talk: Understanding the Biotech Laboratory Waste Stream & Ways to Reduce Its Cost & Environmental Impact" Presented by Ken Kornberg, President, Kornberg Associates Architects; Linda Barcomb, Senior EH&S Specialist, Schering-Plough Biopharma; Steve Mello, Manager of Operations, Schering-Plough Biopharma; and Arthur Mahoney, Principal, Hazard Solutions, LLC.
2008 Labs21 Conference. Ken Kornberg, President and Mike Mulvey, Managing Principal of the San Diego office of Kornberg Associates Architects presented "Resource Consumption in Labs, A Cultural Phenomenon"
Press Releases
Ken Kornberg part of a US Department of Commerce-led delegation to Beijing and Hong Kong for first Biotechnology Trade Mission:
Beijing Arrival Statement 101411.pdf
Under Secretary Sanchez to Lead Biotech Trade Mission to China 100611.pdf
FJS China Biotech Mission Participants Release 092011.pdf
"Significant Project Completed for Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research"
"Kornberg Associates Architects Completes UC Riverside Stem Cell Core Facility Project"
"Kornberg Associates Architects Selected to Develop Design for New Stanford University Imaging Center"
"Kornberg Associates Architects Selected to Design Research Areas of Malaysian Genome Institute"
"San Diego Facility Designed by Kornberg Associates Architects Serves as Gleaming Addition to Local Biotech Community"
"Kornberg Associates Architects Opens Tokyo Office, First Project Is Unique Graduate University in Okinawa"
"US Architect Teams Up with Japanese Firms to Design New Research Campus and Graduate School in Okinawa, Japan"
Articles / Publications
Research Without Borders - A book written by Ken Kornberg, Jon James and Waldek Kaczmarski of Kornberg Associates Architects which provides insights into designing places of science; published December 2013 in Japan in both English and Japanese.
"A World of Opportunity" Matt Alderton, gd&d magazine, July/August 2011
Sign on San Diego | Business July 8, 2011 Article by Roger Showley
"When work's slow, go abroad, local architect says. . . (Kornberg Associates') San Diego partner Mike Mulvey returned recently from a trip to Saudi Arabia and we posed these questions to him about his work and the state of architectural practice generally:
Q- What were you doing in Saudi Arabia?
We were approached by King Fahd University for Petroleum and
Minerals (KFUPM) to help program a new central lab core facility that
will house extremely sensitive and specialized equipment used for
materials analysis and testing. The intent is to create a facility that
can be used by all university departments as well as by outside
clients who will pay a fee to use the equipment which will help defray
costs. It is also hoped that collaborative use of the facilities will
increase efficient utilization of expensive equipment. We were
also part of a team recently appointed by the Saudi Royal Commission
for Yanbu and Jubail to design a new 500,000-square-foot medical
education facility at Yanbu on the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia. This
facility included the latest robotic patient simulation and clinical
training facilities. Unfortunately that project was recently put on
hold.
Q –What’s it like to work there?
Hot and dry, a bit like living in a hair-dryer. And that was in
June - it gets a lot hotter in July, August and September! The people
are sophisticated, knowledgeable, friendly and committed to the
research and academic goals of the university. They realize that
education is the key to the future and are creating the infrastructure
to facilitate future, diversified industrial growth.
Q- How important is it for San Diego architects to solicit work abroad?
Our first priority will always be to supporting the
local economy, but in tough economic times we can bring foreign-earned
fees to California. Even in more prosperous times, having strong
international links will always foster understanding and progress for
all concerned. We also learn valuable lessons from international
experience that may benefit our local work.
Q – What are some tips for winning a international commission?
Understand and respect the local customs and way of doing
business. They may do things differently but we need to respect that and
not try to change it -- our way is not necessarily the better way.
Everyone speaks English, but some knowledge of their language and
traditions will be appreciated.
Q – What other countries are you active in and what sort of work are you doing there?
We recently handed over the first part of the first phase of
what will be a 2.5-million-square-foot graduate research campus on a
spectacular new site in Okinawa, Japan. This campus was designed to
attract the brightest and best researchers in the world. Even though
Japan does not have LEED" (the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership
in Energy and Environmental Design certification program), the campus
was designed to reflect environmental stewardship and sustainability
while respecting the local cultural and historic context. The campus
has now been open for just over a year and is proving to be very
successful. [Kornberg's Japanese design partners are Nikken Sekkei of
Tokyo and Kuniken of Okinawa.] We also recently completed the
Brenner Centre for Molecular Medicine" on the National University of
Singapore campus.
Other countries that Kornberg Associates has done projects in or been asked to advise on research facilities for include France, Malaysia, Dubai, Vietnam and Turkey . . .
roger.showley@uniontrib.com; (619) 293-1286; Twitter: rmshowley; Facebook: SDUTshowley"