Honeybee Reaserch Center

HONEY EXTRACTION FACILITY, LABS, DISCOVERY CENTRE
EXTENSION OF NATURE

PROJECT TYPE Institutional - Group Work
MORIYAMA TESHIMA ARCHITECT University of Guelph
DATE August 2019 – 4 Months
LOCATION Guelph, Canada
TEAM Luis Quisada, Diarmuid Nash, Veronica Madonna, Melissa Poon, Olivia Keung

The HBRC will enhance connections to both the neighbouring University of Guelph campus, the surrounding 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. The mass timber structure includes a sweeping occupiable roof structure that forms the focal expression of the public space. Roof and landscape are integrated through a trail that rises and leads to the Centre’s landmark Interpretive Tower, which doubles as a solar chimney and pollinator friendly habitat, underscoring the HBRC’s dedication to the preservation of Pollinator Pathways, honeybees and other pollinator insects.