Colleges of Science, Australian National University

RESEARCH BACKGROUND: Lyons Architecture - where Carey Lyon is a principal architect - was commissioned to design the Colleges of Science at Australian National University. The primary challenge of the project is to bring together two previous disparate research schools into a single integrated environment while keeping the two identities distinct. RESEARCH CONTRIBUTION: The project is an artistic and functional expression of bioscientic elements and the concept of collaboration within the parameters of the super-performative needs of a contemporary laboratory research building. The project demonstrates Lyons' ongoing research and experimentation into architecturally technical projects, folding together the deeply conceptual and the deeply functional in complex syntheses. RESEARCH SIGNIFICANCE: After winning a Commendation for Public Architecture at the 2012 Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) ACT Chapter Awards, it subsequently won the Public Architecture award and Urban Design Commendation in 2014. AIA Awards are the most prestigious in the design and construction industry in Australia and vital to public and peer recognition of outstanding contributions in the fields of architecture and the built environment. The project was also shortlisted in the 2012 World Architecture Awards. It was a major component of the World Architecture Festival: the world's largest architectural awards program. Over 1800 architects, designers and press from more than 60 countries attended. There were over 700 entries from more than 60 countries. Lyons' project was among the 301 entries shortlisted and exhibited at the festival. In addition, the project received peer review in professional architecture journals ArchDaily (Nov 2012) and Dezeen (Oct 2012).研究背景：由凯里·莱昂（Carey Lyon）担任首席建筑师的里昂建筑事务所（Lyons Architecture），受委托为澳大利亚国立大学设计理学院楼群。本项目的核心挑战在于，需将此前两个相互独立的科研学院整合至统一的集成空间中，同时保留二者各自的独特标识。 研究贡献：本项目以生物科学元素及协作理念为艺术与功能表达的核心，适配当代实验室科研建筑的超高性能需求。项目展现了里昂建筑事务所在建筑技术类项目上的持续研究与实践探索，将深度概念性设计与高度功能性需求进行复杂融合，实现二者的有机统一。 研究意义：该项目先后斩获多项行业与国际大奖：2012年，其于澳大利亚建筑师协会（Australian Institute of Architects, AIA）澳大利亚首都领地分会奖中获得公共建筑荣誉奖；2014年，更是一举拿下公共建筑奖与城市设计荣誉奖。澳大利亚建筑师协会奖是澳大利亚设计与建造领域最具权威性的奖项，对建筑及建成环境领域的杰出贡献获得公众与同行认可至关重要。此外，该项目于2012年入围世界建筑奖（World Architecture Awards）决选。世界建筑节（World Architecture Festival）作为全球规模最大的建筑奖项评选活动，当年吸引了来自60余个国家的逾1800名建筑师、设计师与媒体从业者参会，共收到来自60余个国家的700余份参赛作品。里昂建筑事务所的项目从海量参赛作品中脱颖而出，跻身301份入围名单并于该节展会上展出。除此以外，该项目还获得了专业建筑期刊《ArchDaily》（2012年11月）与《Dezeen》（2012年10月）的同行评议报道。