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   Feb 10, 2021 · Balancing Architecture and Landscape. The Visitor Centre uses on-site, renewable sources—geothermal boreholes, solar photovoltaics, solar hot water tubes—to target net-zero energy on an...

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   With its distinct organic roof form and extensive green building strategies, the Visitor Centre is more than a landmark in the city of Vancouver; it is an international icon of sustainability. Client: Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation. Size: 19,483 square feet. Completion Date: 2011.

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   How big is the VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre?

   • At the center of the VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre’s multipetaled structure is a circular space topped by a daylit oculus. Unlike its better-known predecessor in Rome’s Pantheon, this round rooftop opening is protected from the elements, and its diameter varies from about 15 feet at its base to just under 10 feet at its top.

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   Does Perkins+Will's VanDusen Botanical Garden meet the Living Building Challenge?

   • Perkins+Will ‘s VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre in Vancouver, BC is designed to meet the Living Building Challenge, the most rigorous set of requirements of sustainability. Formally and functionally, it encompasses the goals of environmentally and socially conscious design.

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   When was the VanDusen Botanical Garden completed?

   • Completed in 2011 in Vancouver, Canada. Images by Nic Lehoux. When visitorship to the VanDusen Botanical Garden began to decline in the early 2000s, the Vancouver Botanical Gardens Association and the Vancouver...

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   What happened to VanDusen Botanical Garden?

   • Text description provided by the architects. When visitorship to the VanDusen Botanical Garden began to decline in the early 2000s, the Vancouver Botanical Gardens Association and the Vancouver Parks Board embarked on a search for a way to revitalize interest in VanDusen as a destination.

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5. www.architectmagazine.com › design › buildingsVanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre | Architect Magazine

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   Mar 2, 2012 · The gardens opened in 1975; in 2011, Peter Busby, Intl. Assoc. AIA, and his colleagues at Perkins+Will reinvigorated the property with a new $14.4 million (CAD) visitor center. Located on the southeastern corner of the property, the 19,000-square-foot building was designed to target the VanDusen leadership’s interest in attaining both LEED ...

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   The 1,765-square-metre VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre creates a harmonious balance between architecture and landscape. Inspired by the organic forms and natural systems of a native orchid, the building is organized into undulating green roof ‘petals’ along rammed earth and concrete walls.

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   Inspired by organic forms and natural systems, the VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre seeks to create a harmonious balance between architecture and landscape, from a visual and an ecological perspective. The dynamic single-story structure includes an innovative prefabricated roof form that appears to float above the building’s curved ...

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   Inspired by organic forms and natural systems, the VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre seeks to create a harmonious balance between architecture and landscape, from a visual and an ecological perspective. The dynamic single-story structure includes an innovative prefabricated roof form that appears to float above the building’s curved ...