Project Description
Founded in 2016, Inari Agriculture is a botany-focused research and development company with an emphasis on plant breeding, growth and production to enhance plants adaptability to existing diverse world-wide climate conditions. By 2018, with over 50 employees, Inari had outgrown their original quarters and their landlord, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, was able to offer another nearby Cambridge location suitable to their needs. REDAP was hired to provide comprehensive Architectural Planning Services, together with Construction Documentation and Administration.
Inari’s new location now accommodates a larger state-of-the-art R&D Lab with expanded space for plant growth chambers and separate individual specialty labs. The expanded office area centers around collaborative open office work areas with supporting Conference, Phone and Huddle Room facilities. As the layout is divided on two floors, a new contemporary communicating stair was designed to provide direct internal access.
Also central to the design is a multi-purpose/multi-use function area. As an all-open configuration, the space can accommodate company-wide meetings of 90 people with theatre style seating, while being supported by large screen distance/av media. As a divided configuration with movable partitions in place, the same area can quickly accommodate separate 16 to 26-person Conference Rooms, while simultaneously providing a fully functioning break area with dining-style tables and seating.