架构师提供的文本描述。由约73，000 GSF组成的新生命科学大楼位于一个开放的领域，并试图反映和利用周围的自然美景。受校园环境的启发，该设施以三层楼高的直线长条为特色。这些酒吧是以马蹄铁的方式配置的，创建了一个庭院，其开放端由一簇高大的树木完成，形成了一个公共的外部绿地。

Text description provided by the architects. Comprising approximately 73,000 GSF, the new Life Sciences Building is situated on an open field and attempts to reflect and leverage the natural beauty surrounding it. Inspired by the campus context, the facility features long rectilinear bars three stories in height. These bars are configured in a horseshoe fashion creating a courtyard whose open end is completed by a cluster of tall trees which forms one communal exterior green space.

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实验室和讲座教室，位于建筑的外围，展示了建筑物的功能和活动，同时创建了一个正式的前线向主校园。天然铜板外墙面板和谐地融合了新的科学建筑和它的自然环境。包层提供了一个不断变化的建筑外观，因为它反映了环境如何影响其颜色和图案。瓷砖面板，以及玻璃和铝店面，标志着进入的区域，并突出了一楼的课堂活动。

Laboratory and lecture classrooms, situated along the building's outer perimeter, display the building's function and activities while creating a formal front toward the main campus. Natural copper-plate exterior wall panels harmoniously blend the new science building with its natural context. The cladding provides a building skin that is ever changing in appearance as it reflects how the environment affects its color and patterning. Porcelain tile panels, along with glass and aluminum storefronts, mark areas of entry and highlight classroom activity at the first floor level.

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教师办公室分布在整个内部庭院，创造了一种社区感，同时也为用户提供了一个宁静的外部绿色空间。由透明和半透明玻璃窗组成的幕墙系统提供了一种透明的感觉，同时允许每个办公室都有不同程度的隐私。一个色彩鲜艳的钢板门和天篷悬臂上方的庭院标志着大门。

Faculty offices are distributed all along the inner courtyard creating a feeling of community while encompassing a serene exterior green space for the users. A curtain wall system composed of transparent and translucent glass panes provide a feeling of transparency while, at the same time allowing varying degrees of privacy to each office. A brightly colored steel plate portal and canopy cantilevers above the courtyard marking the entrance doors.

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建筑物的简单部分的特点是垂直循环均匀分布在整个建筑的计划。主要入口欢迎来自南校区和北院侧的学生。行政办公室、洗手间和服务壁橱堆放在每一层都很容易识别的中央位置。

The building's simple parti features vertical circulation distributed evenly throughout the building's plan. Main entry points welcome students from the southern campus-side and from the northern courtyard-side. Administrative offices, restrooms and service closets are stacked in a central location easily identifiable on each floor level.

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该建筑物的组织结构使一般公众使用的大部分空间，主要是普通讲座教室，都位于地面，以便使建筑物与整个校园社区之间的联系更加容易。学生们使用了一个大的小组学习区域，这可以促进辅导功能和/或提供与办公室在第一层的教员进行交流的临时会议空间。

The building is organized so most spaces used by the general public, mainly the general lecture classrooms, are located on the ground level in an effort to provide an easy connection of the building to the campus community at large. Students have use of a large group study area which facilitates tutoring functions and/or provides for impromptu meeting space for interaction with faculty whose offices are on the first level.

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二楼主要是化学系的实验室、实验室支持空间和教员办公室。实验室位于两层楼上的下部，以便在将危险化学品与更多的公共职能和一般学生交通分开的同时，为危险化学品的储存提供更大的便利。这种水平的分离使人们能够利用一楼的一般讲座和/或辅导空间进行更集中的研究。这也为危险材料和敏感设备的运输和储存提供了更多的安全和安保。

The second floor mainly houses of the Chemistry Department's laboratories, lab support spaces, and faculty offices. The labs are positioned on the lower of the two upper floors in order to accommodate greater allowance for storage of hazardous chemicals while separating them from the more public functions and general student traffic. This level of separation allows for more focused studies to take place away from the population using the general lecture and/or tutorial spaces on the first floor. This also provides for added safety and security for the transport and storage of hazardous materials and sensitive equipment.

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第三层是护理部，提供熟练的护理课程和培训室、一个计算机实验室和大多数护理教员办公室。与大楼内其他项目的分离程度使护理部能够在其新的空间内创造一个更强的身份。化学系和护理部都有行政套房，可容纳部门主任办公室和副工作人员、会议空间和工作人员支助空间。所有的建筑支撑功能和机械空间都位于部分地下室和机械顶层。化学仓库存放在部分地下室，仅限于获得授权的教职员工和学生。此外，第一级的一个小接收区也提供了所需的维护访问。

The third floor houses the Nursing Department, providing skilled nursing class and training rooms, a computer lab, and the majority of the nursing faculty offices. The level of separation from the other programs in the building allows the Nursing Department to create a stronger identity within its new space. Both the Chemistry and Nursing Departments have administration suites which accommodate the department director's office and associate staff, conferencing space, and staff support spaces. All building support functions and mechanical spaces are located at the partial basement and mechanical penthouse levels. Chemical storage is housed in the partial basement with limited access only to authorized faculty, staff and students. Also, a small receiving area on the first level provides needed maintenance access as well.

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