“The reason New Orleans exists is because of its relationship with water.” These words open “New Orleans BioInnovation Center: Resiliency in Design,” an exclusive tour of Eskew+Dumez+Ripple’s LEED Gold biotech incubator, opened in 2011.

The voice is architect Mark Ripple’s, and he and principal Z Smith walk us through the ways in which the 65,000-square-foot lab building uses sustainable design to recycle stormwater, mitigate solar gain, and foster biotech innovation.

Watch the video below.

Read our feature on the New Orleans BioInnovation Center, excerpted from New Orleans: Structure, Community, City, here.