From Aircraft Hanger to Advanced Power and Thermal Research Lab
Building 23 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base was originally constructed in 1934 as an aircraft hangar and aircraft component test facility. While it had many uses over the years, it had languished and sat abandoned. But, the leaders at WPAFB had a vision to convert this historic structure into a 53,000 square foot modern laboratory facility, where state-of-the-art research could be conducted for energy, power, and thermal management to support current and future Air Force applications.
emersion DESIGN, as part of a design-build team with Messer Construction, was tasked to provide design services for the envisioned Advanced Power and Thermal Research Laboratory, which would provide spaces for materials processing, data acquisition, clean room operations, dry room operations, and fabrication facilities.
