架构师提供的文本描述。著名的巴拿马鸟类学家尤金·艾森曼(Eugene Eisenmann)在20世纪50年代和60年代对巴哈马Avi动物群进行了广泛的调查，这对后来几代鸟类学家，包括罗伯特·里奇利(Robert Ridgely)和约翰·格温恩(John Gwynn)的影响很大，后者分别是经典野外指南“巴拿马鸟”的作者和插图作者。2005年，里奇利和格温恩协助组织了尤金·艾森曼航空动物基金会，向他们的导师致敬，并确定了该基金会在巴拿马全境保护和保护本地鸟类生境的使命。

Text description provided by the architects. The extensive investigations of isthmian avi fauna carried out by the renowned Panamanian ornithologist Eugene Eisenmann during the 1950s and 60s significantly influenced subsequent generations of ornithologists, including Robert Ridgely and John Gwynn, author and illustrator, respectively, of the classic field guide “The Birds of Panama”. In 2005 Ridgely and Gwynn were instrumental in the organization of the Eugene Eisenmann Avifauna Foundation in homage to their mentor, and in the identification of its mission to protect and preserve native bird habitats throughout Panama.

根据这项任务，决定建造巴拿马雨林发现中心，包括一个150平方米的游客中心，32米(100英尺)。高耸的观察塔和2公里的小径，位于20公顷低地潮湿的热带森林中，紧邻着世界著名的管道路和索布里亚国家公园。

In compliance with this mission the decision was made to build the Panama Rainforest Discovery Center, consisting of a 150 m2 visitor center, a 32m (100 ft.) tall observation tower and 2 kms of pathways on a 20 hectare lowland humid tropical forest site contiguous to the world famous Pipeline Road and the Soberanía National Park.

建筑师帕特里克·狄龙(ENSITU)设计了“离网”游客中心和观景塔，以尽量减少对各自景点的影响，每一个都以自己的方式体现了可持续的设计原则，包括在以前受影响的景点上建造设施(游客中心遗址在80年代被美国砍伐)。

Architect Patrick Dillon (ENSITU) designed the “off the grid” visitor’s center and observation tower to generate the least possible impact on their respective sites, and each in its own way reflects sustainable design principles, including the construction of facilities on previously impacted sites (the visitor center site had been deforested in the 80´s by the U.S.

建造热带试验设施的军队)、使用光伏电池板发电、使用再生建筑材料(结构钢、木板和地板)、雨水的收集、处理和消费、污水和其他废水的处理和再循环以及自然通风系统的整合。

Army to build a tropical test facility), the use of photovoltaic panels for energy generation, the use of recycled building materials (structural steel, wood panelling and flooring), the collection, treatment and consumption of rainwater, the treatment and recycling of sewage and other effluents and the integration of natural ventilation systems.

该设施于2008年1月由当时的马丁·托里霍斯总统启用，此后已有15 000多名游客参观，其中包括学生和游客，以这种方式对巴拿马的环境教育作出了重大贡献。

The facility was inaugurated in January 2008 by then President Martin Torrijos and since then has been visited by more than fifteen thousand visitors, including students and tourists, contributing significantly in this manner to environmental education in Panama.

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