OUTSIDE IN WORLD ECOLOGY CENTER

By: Reno Mason

What Is Ecology

- Ecology is the study of environmental systems, or as it is sometimes called, the economy

of nature.

- Ecology is usually considered from the perspective of the specific geographic

environment that is being studied at the moment: tropical rain forest, temperate

grassland, arctic tundra, benthic marine, entire biosphere, and so on.

- Anything and everything natural on earth and how they work together as a system.

- By everything I mean everything so I want my ecology center to have different rooms and

areas for every different type of ecosystem so that people visiting can study them.

- As for goals and purpose, I want to design a place that can bring people from all over the

regain to study a common science. Also a building that represents the thought of ecology

and all its different sections.

- The idea of the Ecology center is to bring young students from all around to study the

question what ecology is. It is also to be a place of research and study for the college

professors and students.

- The center should be able to handle large groups of student along with small groups of

researchers.

- It needs to be ecologically friends and at the same time be state of the art.

- The goal for the building is to integrate the ecology of the southern Ill. Climate alone

with climates all around the World into the ecology center.

- Efficient Building Design

- Net Zero Energy

Key Concept

Site Analysis

Flow Diagram

Lobby

Hallway

Reception

area

Breakroom

Offices

Conference

Room

Secondary Gallery

Outdoor Area

Restrooms

Climate Room

Theater Room

Mechanical Room

Gallery

Eating area Kitchen

Office

Classroom

Climate Lab

Program Rooms Room Sq Ft Dimensions

Lobby 3600 120 x 30 3600 x

Conference room 1500 60 x 25 1500 x

Main Gallery 24000 200 x 120 24000 x

Secondary Gallery 5400 120 x 45 5400 x

Restrooms Men x3 600 15 x 40 1800 xxx

Restrooms Woman x3 600 15 x 40 1800 xxx

Climate Galary 14400 120 x 120 14400 x

Storage

Mechanical Room

hallways x2

Large Theater Room 8000 80x100 8000 x

Classrooms x2 1000 20 x 50 2000 xx

Break room 1500 50 x 30 1500 x

Office x5 500 20 x 25 2500 xxxxx

Climate labs 4,000 80 x 50 4000 x

Kitchen area 1,600 80 x 20 1600 x

Eating area 4,800 60 x 80 4800 x

Total 76900

Concept Design

Water Collector

Sliding roof open

Shading closed

Large

window

opening

Greenhouse affect

Outer facade

Inner Building Water Collector

Water storage

Solor panal

glass

Structural Design

Top Floor Plan 1. Lobby

2. Conference room

3. Office

4. Gallery

5. Bathroom

6. Break room

7. Secretary room

8. Outdoor walkout

7.

1.

8.

3. 6.

4.

2.

5.

3.

3.

5.

Middle Floor Plan

1. Climate Room

2. Climate Area

3. Lookout Over Gallery

4. Bathroom

5. Theater room

6. Storage

5.

2.

3.

6.

4.

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1. 1.

1.

1.

1.

1.

1. 1.

Bottom Floor Plan

1.

1. Gallery

2. Classroom

3. Office

4. Climate Lab

5. Mechanical room

6. Bathroom

7. Kitchen

8. Eating Area 2.

3.

3.

2.

4.

5.

6.

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7.

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Ceiling Plan

Top Middle Bottom

Wall Section

w44x230

w44x230

w44x230 Concrete Slab on Grade

Concrete Pylon

w36x160

w24x162

12”x24” Glulam

column 4”x6” wood

Bracing

Structure

Wood Structure

Top Floor

Radiant heating and cooling

system inside building

Middle Floor

HVAC Air system

Heavy system for climate

rooms

Less heating and cooling

needed underground

Bottom Floor

Radiant Flooring in gallery

HVAC Air system in Private

areas

Less heating and cooling needed

underground

Climate Lab

Walk up

Walkway

Wall

Trees

Drop off

First View

Second View

Last View

Under the Building

Serbian Bellflower