架构师提供的文本描述。生物创业中心是爱荷华州大学校园内的一个新的办公室和实验室，作为生物技术初创企业和学术领域的合作环境和企业孵化器。该设施由爱荷华州雪松市的OPN建筑师与KJWW工程和顾问公司联合设计。除了传统的学术功能外，有一半建筑物的可用面积是作为投机实验室空间设计的，可供商业租赁使用。

Text description provided by the architects. The BioVentures Center is a new office and laboratory facility on the campus of the University of Iowa that functions as a collaborative environment and business incubator for biotech start-ups and the academic field.  The 80,000sf facility was designed by OPN Architects of Cedar Rapids, Iowa in conjunction with KJWW Engineering and Consultants.  In addition to traditional academic functions, half of the buildings usable area was designed as speculative lab space and is available for commercial lease.

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这位建筑师说，这座建筑的目标是“创造一个充满活力的环境，促进高度协作的创新催化剂”。这一目标反映在设施的组织上，它沿着两层中央走廊在东侧布置潮湿和干燥的实验室模块。该计划的西侧有推测性的办公空间，并与实验室模块连接，有各种公共空间，如白天照明的中庭、休息室和共用的会议空间。这些共享空间不仅为学生提供了突破空间，同时也为潜在的小企业提供了必要的行政会议空间。

According to the architect, the goal for the building was “to create a dynamic environment to foster a highly collaborative catalyst for innovation”.  This goal is reflected in the organization of the facility, which arranges the wet and dry lab modules in the east wing along a bi-level central corridor.  Speculative office space is found in the west wing of the plan and is connected to the lab modules with a variety of common spaces such as a daylit atrium, break room, lounge, and shared conference space.  These shared spaces not only provide breakout space for its students, but also provide necessary administrative meeting spaces for potential small businesses.

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生物风险中心是大R的一个组成部分

The BioVentures Center is one component of a larger R&D master plan that seeks to reinterpret the regional vernacular by taking cues from the agricultural heritage of the Midwest in scale, material, and various architectural elements.  The use traditional regional materials such as glass, Corten steel, and limestone is reminiscent of the Iowa vernacular is in response to the master plan, while the overall aesthetic remains true to the high-tech function of the space within.  The structure also employs some fairly interesting metaphors --- one in particular would be the use of the continuous entrance portal that was designed to evoke the imagery of an open barn door.

 ©  Wayne Johnson, Main Street Studio

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