HP’s new R&D Facility in Washington State Traces All Its Timber to the Source
HP’s new 225,000-square-foot Research and Development Facility in Vancouver, Washington, brings the company’s sustainability goals into the built environment through an expressive mass-timber design by ZGF Architects. The facility combines collaborative workspaces with advanced labs and testing areas while using mass timber to reduce embodied carbon, accelerate construction, and allow for shallower foundations.
Swinerton served as the contractor, collaborating with ZGF, project consultants, and mass-timber specialist Timberlab to coordinate mechanical and electrical systems with the timber structure before fabrication. The project also placed a strong emphasis on responsible wood sourcing, tracing 100 percent of the wood by landowner type and 85 percent to a specific forest, management unit, or harvest plan. Forty-four percent of the wood came from tribal forests.
