Named after a pioneer in the data-driven approach to improving health and well-being, the Hans Rosling Center for Population Health at the University of Washington will serve as a central hub for faculty, researchers, and students to work together with local and global partners to address some of the world’s most significant challenges across three key areas: human health, environmental resilience, and social and economic equity. Located between two campus precincts, the building’s bold expression faces west, conveying the audacity and optimism of the Population Health Initiative. Though physically static, the 3-foot-deep glass fins create a dynamic expression, providing a sense of energetic movement for pedestrians and acting as a shaded canvas for changing light conditions throughout the day. A more subtle facade faces east toward the university's historical core to bridge the gap between the original campus dating back to the 19th century and the new West Campus innovation district. Custom precast panels incorporate aggregate to integrate with neighboring buildings and provide a backdrop for lush landscape lining the area’s new Garden Walk. The architects created a new accessible entry that safely invites people into the greater campus, the site, and the building. Upper workplace floors extend out to create a monumental covered porch and urban stair — a refuge from Seattle’s damp climate. Three interconnected ground floors ensure that anyone who enters the building has a welcoming “front door” and immediate visual connection to public program spaces. The building’s layout makes it a successful model for system shocks like a pandemic, or other transformational events, which may affect how workers occupy the facility. A set of four office types cater to various working styles and are organized as a collection of neighborhoods, which breaks down the scale of each floor and democratizes access to daylight, views, and fresh air. They vary from 1–2 person shared offices and 4–6 person shared offices to open and drop-in workstations. Each neighborhood contains flexible spaces, including shared offices and meeting rooms, which are easily transformable over time. The building encourages intermingling between groups, as casual interactions can often spark innovative ideas and opportunities. Designing a building that empowers users to do their best work means considering multiple modes of engagement to provide spaces that not only perform but inspire. By shaping spaces that enable tenants to engage within, between, and beyond their own disciplines, the facility supports its users’ needs, which allows them to enhance and elevate their work. Nature has a broad impact on equity and human health, so environmental resilience was one of the primary goals for the project. At the soon-to-be LEED Gold certified Rosling Center, extensive Bioretention treats all rainwater that lands on impervious surfaces, while rain that falls on the building is stored in on-site cisterns and used for fire protection and toilet flushing. The high-performing façade reduces the building’s carbon footprint and provides the foundation for a low-impact mechanical system. In concert with space planning, each façade curates light within the building to create a more human-scaled environment and diverse ecosystem of interior spaces. The material composition of the fins supports occupant health and comfort by allowing an increase in vision glazing and deeper daylight penetration. While working inside the building, occupants maintain a stronger connection to the exterior environment through direct views, light play on the fins, and operable windows on the east and west façades. Throughout the building, design elements inspire healthy habits. Offices provide access to fresh air through operable windows, communal kitchens encourage healthy eating and vertical circulation prompts physical activity. Extensive measures were implemented to reduce chemicals of concern from materials, creating an interior that promotes human and environmental sensitivity. Material selections and detailing also have a significant impact on the Rosling Center’s longevity. Durable materials like stone, heavy-gauge metal panels, and concrete occupy much of the public floors. Resistant to weathering and human interaction, these elements will last throughout the building’s lifetime. Those that may get damaged are modularized to facilitate easy removal for repair or refinishing. The Rosling Center is the first and largest integrated design-build project completed on campus for the university, setting a national example for universities nationwide for its efficiency and timely delivery. Once selected, the team partners were to create a design and move through construction to completion, also known as progressive design-build, working with the owner throughout the entire process. Completed in October 2020, the project finished on time, added about $8 million of enhancements during construction, and completed $6.5 million under budget.