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在圣路易斯地区，医疗保健是主要的就业部门，其次是航空航天和国防制造业。这些高薪的技术领域急需具备资格的候选人，而高校也在推动创建满足这些增长领域需求的课程和空间。

为了更好地为该地区蓬勃发展的医疗保健和技术行业的学生做准备，因此，韦伯斯特大学设计该项目（Browning Hall）来回应这一需求——一个目的性的跨学科科学中心。

Healthcare is the dominant employment sector in the greater St. Louis area, followed by aerospace and defense manufacturing. These high-paying, technical fields are in desperate need of qualified candidates, and colleges and universities are pushing to create curricula and space that meets the needs of these growing fields. To better prepare students for the region’s booming healthcare and technical industries, Webster University responded to that need in the form of Browning Hall—a destination interdisciplinary science center.

“Browning Hall”历史悠久，是一所专注于艺术的机构，它将校内实验室数量增加了两倍，将科学研究带出了狭小、没有窗户的地下室，为学生提供了在当前区域性就业市场上寻求和超越的最佳机会。

“这个项目让我们展望科学教育的未来，并帮助我们的地区满足对更多有科学背景的专业人士日益增长的需求。”韦伯斯特大学Julian Schuster表示，在校园现有建筑的亲密尺度内安置一个大型四层建筑需要仔细考虑。

Historically known as an arts-focused institution, Browning Hall triples the number of labs on campus and brought science studies out of a cramped and windowless basement to provide students the best opportunities to explore and excel in the current regional job market. “This project vaults us into the future of science education, and helps our region meet the growing demand for more professionals with a science background.” Julian Schuster, the provost, senior vice president, and chief operating officer at Webster University Placing a large four-story structure within the campus’ intimate scale of existing buildings required careful consideration.

这座建筑向校园中心延伸，其形状和规模与现有建筑形成互补。Browning Hall融合了10个不同的学科，从自然科学到社会科学，再到人文科学与医学科学，挑战了跨学科建筑可以整合的传统概念。

The building steps down toward the center of the campus—its form and scale complementing the existing architecture. Challenging the traditional notions of what an interdisciplinary building can integrate, Browning Hall merges 10 different disciplines, from the natural sciences to social sciences, to humanities to medical sciences.

通过整合这些传统上分开的学科，该建筑鼓励全面的综合思维和共享的研究方法，以支持研究和教育的新发现。

灵活的模块化设计使教师能够在同一空间内教授多个学科，并且还为将来的学习提供了机会。例如，教学厨房既被国际语言和文化部门用于烹饪课，也被化学部门用于食品科学课。

By merging these traditionally separated disciplines, the building encourages comprehensive broad thinking and shared research methods supporting new leaps of discovery for both research and education. Flexible and modular design gives faculty the ability to teach multiple disciplines in the same space and also allows for future learning opportunities. For example, the teaching kitchen is used by both the International Languages & Cultures department for a culinary class and also the chemistry department for a class in food science.

另一个引人注目的功能是在主入口处设有开放式的学生研究实验室，可让理科和非理科学生，教职员工和路人都能看到。在那里，行业合作伙伴正在与学生一起共同应对特定于行业的挑战。

Another stand-out feature is an open-access student research lab at the main building entry for visibility to science and non-science students, faculty, and people passing by. There, industry partners are working with students to take on industry-specific challenges together.

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建筑师：CannonDesign

地点：美国

面积：83900平方英尺

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