俄勒冈州动物园教育中心创建了一个区域性的环境学习中心，以激发和鼓舞游客内心的保护主义者，创造一个多样化和有弹性的世界。小事重要 “的中心主题引导动物园的160万年游客通过互动展品，展示个人的日常行为如何在维持一个健康的地球方面产生影响。该设施包括一个互动展览空间、昆虫动物园、咖啡馆、多功能会议空间、教室、环境科学实验室和一个新的动物园火车站。

The Oregon Zoo Education Center creates a regional hub of environmental learning to excite and inspire the inner conservationist in visitors to create a diverse and resilient world. The central theme of “Small Things Matter” guides the zoo’s 1.6 million annual visitors through interactive exhibits that demonstrate how an individual’s daily actions can make a difference in sustaining a healthy planet. The facility contains an interactive exhibit space, insect zoo, café, multi-purpose meeting space, classrooms, environmental science lab, and a new zoo railway station.

坐落在动物园西端的主要定向广场上，成对的展览和教室建筑的放射状曲线是由入口车道落客区、动物园铁路、主要人行道和陡峭的临近山坡界定的狭窄场地的几何形状所产生的。灵感来自于鸟巢的环形编织特性，由此产生的有机建筑在室内和室外空间之间创造了一种交织的关系，与动物园的景观和动物展品融为一体。宽阔的悬臂式入口屋顶吸引游客进入大厅的互动展示、昆虫展览和活动空间。

Situated to define a major orientation plaza at the west end of the zoo, radiating curved forms of the paired exhibition and classroom buildings are an outgrowth of the constricted site’s geometry defined by an entry drive drop-off area, zoo railway, main pedestrian pathway, and the steep adjoining hillside. Inspired by the circular woven nature of a bird’s nest, the resulting organic architecture creates an intertwined relationship between indoor and outdoor spaces that blends into the Zoo landscape and animal exhibits. The sweeping cantilevered entry roof draws visitors into the lobby’s interactive displays, insect exhibit, and events space.

NESt（自然探索站）的解释空间由木材和钢构件组成，其灵感来自于小动物的巢穴，在环境中创造庇护和秩序。讲解展览的设计是客户、建筑师和讲解设计团队之间的一个综合过程，内容成为建筑形式和表达的基础。解说展览以当地保护主义者的故事为特色，并可进入昆虫动物园–这些最小的动物对生态系统的影响是最大的。保护厅为动物园社区合作伙伴提供了一个主要的会议空间，并可分为教室，可直接进入动物园的展品。

The NESt (Nature Exploration Station) interpretive space comprised of woven wood and steel members is inspired by the nests of small animals to create shelter and order in the environment. Design for the interpretive exhibit was an integrated process between the client, architects, and interpretive design teams where content became a foundation for the architectural forms and expression. The interpretive exhibit features the stories of local conservationists and access to the Insect Zoo – the smallest of animals with some of the largest ecosystem impacts. The Conservation Hall provides a major meeting space for zoo community partners and is divisible into classrooms with direct access to the zoo exhibits.

教育中心的有机建筑在室内和室外空间之间创造了一种交织的关系，融合了建筑和自然环境。外部和内部空间与相应的可见和连接的外部空间交织在一起，用于学习、互动、想象和游戏。

The Education Center’s organic architecture creates an interwoven relationship between indoor and outdoor spaces that blends the built and natural environment. Exterior and interior spaces are entwined with a corresponding visible and connected outside space for learning, interaction, imagination, and play.

荣获美国建筑师协会COTE十佳奖的LEED铂金教育中心是一栋教学建筑，展示了创新的净零能耗和可持续设计策略，如广阔的屋顶光伏阵列，在洗手间重新使用前清洁雨水的雨水花园，以及爱鸟的照明和裂纹玻璃窗。作为一个可持续学习和探索的十字路口，教育中心体现了动物园在社区内推进动物福利、环境知识和保护科学的使命。

Honored with an AIA COTE Top Ten award, the LEED Platinum Education Center is a building that teaches, displaying innovative net-zero energy and sustainable design strategies such as the expansive rooftop photovoltaic array, rain gardens that clean stormwater before reuse in restrooms, and bird-friendly lighting and fritted glass windows. As a crossroads for sustainable learning and exploration, the Education Center exemplifies the Zoo’s mission of advancing animal welfare, environmental literacy, and conservation science within the community.

Architects: Opsis Architecture
Area : 20000 ft²
Year : 2016
Photographs :Christian Columbres, Rick Keating
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Lead Architects : Alec Holser
Construction : Fortis Construction, Inc.
Structural Engineer : Catena Consulting Engineers
Civil Engineer : KPFF Consulting Engineers
Lighting Consultant : Luma Lighting Design
Geotechnical Engineer : Geotechnical Resources, Inc.
Acoustical Consultant : Listen Acoustics
Project Manager : Paul Kinley
Project Architect : Jennifer Cambier, Steven Nelsen
Sustainability Design Lead : Heather DeGrella
Interior Designer : Angela Alexander
Zoo Design / Insect Zoo Architect & Landscape Architect : Jones & Jones
Cost Consultant : ACC Cost Consultants
Code Consultant : Code Unlimited (now Jensen Hughes)
Surveyor : Westlake Consultants
Exhibit Consultant : Work as Play, IQ Magic
Specifications : JLC Architectural Consulting
City : Portland
Country : United States