© James Dow

(C)詹姆斯·陶氏

比提生物多样性中心和水生生态系统研究实验室位于不列颠哥伦比亚省大学中北部/南部的主购物中心。它们一起构成了一个相关的环境科学功能的综合体；一个新的校园区围绕着一个宽敞的外部庭院空间组织起来，这个空间被新的跨校园行人和自行车连接分开。

The Beaty Biodiversity Centre and the Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory are located on Main Mall, the central north/south spine of the University of British Columbia. Together they form a complex of related environmental science functions; a new campus precinct organized around a generous exterior courtyard space which is bisected by new cross-campus pedestrian and bicycle connections.

 © James Dow

(C)詹姆斯·陶氏

比提生物多样性中心由一个自然历史博物馆、一个大型自然历史藏品、研究实验室和办公室以及相关的会议和支助空间组成。这个11，500平方米的设施是围绕着庭院空间的三面组织的，比提生物多样性博物馆位于主广场的西侧。博物馆的主要展览空间是一个玻璃“灯笼”，其中陈列着一具巨大的蓝鲸骨架，为该建筑群面向购物中心创造了一个公众形象。广泛的自然历史收藏，位于中央庭院下，可以直接从这个展览空间。

The Beaty Biodiversity Centre comprises a natural history museum, a large natural history collection, research laboratories and offices with related meeting and support spaces. This 11,500 square meter facility is organized around three sides of the courtyard space, with the Beaty Biodiversity Museum occupying the west side along Main Mall. The principal exhibition space of the museum is a glass “lantern” within which an enormous skeleton of a Blue Whale is displayed creating a public face for the complex towards the Mall. The extensive natural history collections, located beneath the central courtyard, are accessible directly from this exhibition space.

 © James Dow

(C)詹姆斯·陶氏

研究实验室和办事处占据项目其余的南面和东面。实验室沿着项目的东边定期组织，而办公室和会议空间则更随意地围绕在庭院周围，以培养学术界的感觉。一个开放的楼梯，位于办公室和会议空间的庭院边缘，贯穿整个项目，垂直连接非正式的社交空间。

Research laboratories and offices occupy the remaining south and east sides of the project. The laboratories are organized in a regular manner along the east outer edge of the project while the offices and meeting spaces are organized more casually around the courtyard to foster a sense of academic community. An open stair, located on the courtyard edge of the office and meeting spaces threads through the project to vertically interconnect informal social spaces.

 © James Dow

(C)詹姆斯·陶氏

水生生态系统研究实验室位于庭院的北侧。这座5150平方米的建筑整合了一个中庭的跨学科研究小组，这个中庭连接着大楼的四层楼。社会空间位于这个中庭附近，以加强学术界的感觉，并鼓励教师、学生和各个研究单位之间的偶然互动。教员办公室、学生社区的阁楼空间/数字实验室和各种会议空间位于上层，而大型公共房间位于一楼，他们在那里参与校园的城市生活。

The Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory is located on the northern side of the courtyard. This 5,150 square meter building consolidates interdisciplinary research groups around an atrium that interconnects the four floors of the building. Social spaces are located adjacent to this atrium to reinforce a sense of academic community and to encourage serendipitous interaction between faculty, students and the various research units. Faculty offices, loft spaces / digital laboratories for the student community and a variety of meeting spaces are located on the upper floors, while the large public rooms are located on the ground floor where they participate in the urban life of the campus.

 © James Dow

(C)詹姆斯·陶氏

中庭在水生生态系统研究实验室采用的可持续设计策略中起着关键作用。玻璃在顶部，使白天的光线深入到内部，它结合了慷慨的玻璃在建筑的北侧和照片传感器控制，以尽量减少对人工照明的依赖。中庭也是一个自然通风堆栈，将空气吸入建筑物，消除了对常规机械通风系统的需求。在夏夜，建筑物自然通风，以冷却混凝土结构，这是一个辐射冷却表面在白天，消除了对三层以上的空调需要。水生态系统研究实验室被认证为LEED黄金。

The atrium plays a key role in the sustainable design strategies employed in the Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory. Glazed at the top to bring day-light deep into the interior it combines with generous glazing on the north side of the building and photo sensor controls to minimize dependency on artificial lighting. The atrium also acts as a natural ventilation stack that pulls air into the building, eliminating the need for a conventional mechanical ventilation system. On summer nights the building is naturally ventilated to cool the concrete structure, which acts as a radiant cooling surface during the day, eliminating the need for air conditioning for the three upper floors. The Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory is certified LEED Gold.