The 19,000 square foot VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre creates a harmonious balance between architecture and landscape from a visual and ecological perspective. Inspired by the organic forms and natural systems of a native orchid, the building is organized into undulating green roof ‘petals’ that float above curved rammed earth and concrete walls.
The Living Building Challenge is a building certification program, and the hardest to achieve. A Living Building is one that generates all of its own power, and treats all of its own waste water.
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To meet the stringent requirements of the Living Building Challenge, The VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre facility uses on-site, renewable sources to achieve net-zero energy on an annual basis; sequesters enough carbon to achieve carbon neutrality; uses filtered rainwater for the building’s greywater requirements; and treats 100% of blackwater in an on-site bioreactor.
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The VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre systems diagram via Perkins & Will
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Green roof on the The VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre via Perkins & Will
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The VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre Via The Vancouver Sun
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The VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre via Perkins & Will
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