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University of Guelph Honey Bee Research Centre
University of Guelph Honey Bee Research Centre
Guelph, Canada
Finalist, 2020 A+Awards, Institutional - Unbuilt Institutional
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Other Projects by Moriyama Teshima Architects
University of Guelph Honey Bee Research Centre
Guelph, Canada
Finalist, 2020 A+Awards, Institutional - Unbuilt Institutional
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2024
SIZE
25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft
BUDGET
Undisclosed
The new University of Guelph Honey Bee Research Centre (HBRC) supports flexible research and education for all ages, welcoming children, students, and scholars from around the world, and contains a large, multi-functional Discovery and Learning Space, Exhibition Area, Research & Extraction Labs, Classrooms, a Café, and Gift Shop.
Located within the botanical garden of the Guelph Arboretum, the HBRC enhances connections to both the neighbouring University of Guelph campus as well as the Arboretum’s natural landscape and its existing integrated trail system. The new centre is envisioned as both a productive and social landscape that accommodates diverse programming, research, and events. Balancing the ecological functions of the site with educational programming, the grounds highlight the productivity of the land formally through cultivated agricultural plots and working hives.
This project began with a call for participation in an international design competition to build a new home for honey bee research at the Ontario College of Agriculture at the University of Guelph. Our approach to the competition was to explore the notion of how a building can be more than a built environment and how we can design and operate to actually reverse environmental damage. The notion that we carried through wasn’t strictly about using fewer resources, but replenishing and bettering our environment and leaving the site better than we found it. The primary consideration that drove the design methodology was the importance of moving beyond sustainable architecture and toward the architecture of regeneration.
Located within the botanical garden of the Guelph Arboretum, the HBRC enhances connections to both the neighbouring University of Guelph campus as well as the Arboretum’s natural landscape and its existing integrated trail system. The new centre is envisioned as both a productive and social landscape that accommodates diverse programming, research, and events. Balancing the ecological functions of the site with educational programming, the grounds highlight the productivity of the land formally through cultivated agricultural plots and working hives.
This project began with a call for participation in an international design competition to build a new home for honey bee research at the Ontario College of Agriculture at the University of Guelph. Our approach to the competition was to explore the notion of how a building can be more than a built environment and how we can design and operate to actually reverse environmental damage. The notion that we carried through wasn’t strictly about using fewer resources, but replenishing and bettering our environment and leaving the site better than we found it. The primary consideration that drove the design methodology was the importance of moving beyond sustainable architecture and toward the architecture of regeneration.
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