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19 t m c » p u l s e | m ay 2 0 1 9 t m c » p u l s e | m ay 2 0 1 9 19 don't have great places to live and a great social environment, people move on," Manfredi said. Elkus Manfredi is a leader in the design of medical innovation space, with a portfolio that includes the Innovation and Design Building in Boston's Seaport district, the Stanley Building at the Broad Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the New York Genome Center. The main, shared building at the center of the TMC 3 campus will be known as the TMC 3 Collaborative. Its upper floors will house shared institutional research space and industry partner facilities. The down- stairs atrium, where lectures and other events will be held, will serve as a natural gathering space, where personnel engaged in different types of works for different orga- nizations will interact. "We're creating a place where all of the stakeholders come together for different reasons," Manfredi said. "We want the researchers, we want the industry people and we want the students. This is the place to make those connections." Above: A series of connected green spaces will span the length of the TMC 3 campus. The perimeter will be lined with restaurants and retail, while the green spaces will feature frequent events and programming. Below: The TMC 3 Collaborative—the main, shared building at the center of the campus—will offer research space in its upper floors and an open atrium at the ground level that is designed to host lectures and other events. Credit: Renderings by Elkus Manfredi Architects The "DNA necklace" will include a series of green spaces, each spanning about three-quarters of an acre. Manfredi said the design accomplishes two important goals. The DNA strand will be an instantly recognizable, iconic image associated with the Texas Medical Center. More practically, the distinct green spaces could be programmed dif- ferently. One might be a serene park, another might feature music and performances and still another might host sports like volleyball or basketball. "People will feel like they want to be there because they're constantly stim- ulated—whether it's breakfast at the coffee place, or a volleyball league in the afternoon or working in a central lab space where the person next to them is doing something interesting," Manfredi said. "At the end of the day, we're in the business of attracting and retaining talent."