MY PROPOSAL FOR THE NATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH CENTRE BROUGHT TOGETHER TWO DIFFERENT CONDITIONS. - AN URBAN PARK, WHICH LINKED THE LARGER FABRIC OF DOWNTOWN GATINEAU AND OTTAWA TO THE BUILDING AND NATURE WHICH WAS PRESERVED BY THE EXISTING FORESTED LANDSCAPE OF THE SITE. THE BUILDING BECAME THE MEDIATOR BETWEEN THESE TWO DISTINCT LANDSCAPES WITH THE NARRATIVE THAT IN ORDER TO BE BETTER STEWARDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT WE HAVE TO BE MORE CONCIOUS AND HARMONIOUS WITH HOW WE APPROACH AND INTERVENE ON OUR FORESTS. DESIGN STARTED WITH THE GESTURE OF PLACING THE BUILDING ON RUE LAURIER AND THEN ADJUSTING TO THE TOPOGRAPHY BY RAISING THE BUILDING ON PILOTI. A CONNECTION WAS THEN MADE TO THE LARGER SITE THROUGH AN ELEVATED BRIDGE THAT REACHED OUT AND CREATED DIFFERENT ACCESS POINTS INTO THE BUILDING. PUBLIC PROGRAM WAS THEN PLACED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT JOURNEY FROM THE BRIDGE TO A GRAND ATRIUM SPACE AND GALLERY. THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE DESIGN BECAME THESE CANTILEVERED GREENHOUSE ORBS THAT WERE ORGANIZED BY THREE SOLAR CHIMNEYS. THIS WAS A STRATEGY TO PASSIVELY HEAT AND COOL THE GREENHOUSES WHICH WOULD MITIGATE THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE GREENHOUSES MECHANCIALLY. LAST A GREEN ROOF WAS ADDED AND WAS PUNCTURED BY VARIOUS LIGHT WELLS AND SKYLIGHTS TO HIGHLIGHT KEY TRNASITION POINTS IN THE ENTRY SEQUENCE AND ON THE INTERIOR BROUGHT LIGHT TO THESE POCKET GARDENS WHICH FURTHER EMPHASIZES THIS UNION BETWEEN NATURE AND CITY.