Aventis consolidated selected North American research functions onto its Bridgewater, NJ, campus. The consolidation provides Aventis with nearly 340,000 SF of new, state-of-the-art chemistry and biology laboratory and vivarium facilities to support the company’s research needs. In addition, the project entailed major upgrades to underground utilities and an added extension to the existing central utility plant. The architectural character of the new buildings is based upon that of the existing Building N, also designed by Kling, which when combined with the new buildings forms a central research quadrangle for the campus. This quadrangle arranges all major chemical and biological research facilities around a central plaza and courtyard. The research buildings are then connected by network of bridges and ground-level passages.