Quantum-Nano Centre (Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis)

Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre, University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
FIRM
KPMB Architects
TYPE
Educational › University
Industrial › Laboratory Research Facility
YEAR
2012
The Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano is a showcase for Canadian innovation and industry in the fields of quantum computing and nanotechnology. The social components of the facility in the form of atria, mind spaces and collaborative areas manifest the original goals to attract and inspire the brightest minds in the world. At the official opening, Stephen Hawking, world-renowned physicist and partner with the University of Waterloo since 1999, described the design as a work of “architectural genius”.