DECIEM, a science-first consumer brand, needed a new lab for its downtown Toronto global headquarters. Here is a client requiring a pristine laboratory environment where the convergence of research and creativity must respond to constantly emerging consumer demands—all within environmentally controlled spaces that foster innovation through intense team collaborations.

SvN created a space for DECIEM that celebrates its identity. Drawing from our recent project experience designing a cannabis production facility for Peace Naturals, we collaborated with our client to establish a social space that is functioning infrastructure.

SvN created new lab spaces that responded to the client's needs while respecting the unique character of the existing century-old building. A new Clinical Research Lab embraces the robust nature of a current site-cast concrete frame with masonry infill and extensive north-facing industrial glazing. Strict requirements for the Clean Room Microbiology Labs resulted in a strategically inserted linear space that functions as an autonomous interior space within the historic structure. With their brightly lit interior and carefully detailed clinical aesthetic, these labs incorporate large windows that provide views into the building's remaining part, which starkly contrasts with the labs' exposed concrete floors, ceiling, columns and brick masonry.