Construction of Student Dorms at the Southwest Research Station

西南科研站学生宿舍建设

• 批准号: 1034689
• 负责人: Dawn Wilson
• 金额: $ 35万
• 依托单位: American Museum Natural History
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-06-01 至 2014-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1034689&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Construction; Student; Dorms; Southwest; Research; Construction; Student; Dorms; Southwest; Research

The American Museum of Natural History is awarded a grant to remodel existing housing units and construct two new residential structures at the Southwest Research Station in southeastern Arizona. The Southwestern Research Station (SWRS) is under the direction of the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation (CBC) of the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York. The SWRS began operation as a research facility in 1955. For the past five decades, the SWRS has provided housing, food, and lab facilities for researchers, students, and classes. The structural improvements set forth in this plan allows the SWRS to: 1) improve research capacity of the station by providing ample, quality lab space, equipment, and housing; 2) reach out to the scientific community and attract high caliber biodiversity conservation scientists and students; 3) support additional educational classes and workshops by providing ample, quality classroom space and equipment; 4) meet goals in a way that not only reduces the station's impact on the environment, but also enhances the ecology of the Chiricahua Mountains; and 5) work towards becoming a model research station by reducing dependency on outside energy sources. The new structure will be a dorm that will add 32 new beds. The other is a casita floor plan with capacity for 8 new beds with flexible configuration to accommodate families and senior research users. Existing structures will be remodeled to enable more flexible configuration and additional features such as kitchens.The SWRS is part of a unique complex of about 27 mountain ranges, the Madrean Archipelago/Sky Islands of the southwestern U.S., and is surrounded by the Coronado National Forest. The SWRS has hosted the work of over 1,120 senior and student researchers, including some long-term studies that are seminal contributions to the scientific understanding of biodiversity. Much of the data collected by researchers at the SWRS has direct impact on the conservation and management of the Madrean Sky Island habitats and species. In the past two decades, training courses and professional workshops have become an integral part of educational activities at the SWRS. Participants leave the SWRS better equipped to pursue their research, teaching, and/or conservation efforts because of knowledge gained in these courses. For more information on the SWRS, see the website at http://research.amnh.org/swrs/.

美国自然历史博物馆获得了改建现有住房单元的赠款，并在亚利桑那州东南部的西南研究站建造了两个新的住宅结构。西南研究站（SWR）位于纽约美国自然历史博物馆（AMNH）的生物多样性与保护中心（CBC）的指导下。 SWRS于1955年开始作为研究机构运营。在过去的五十年中，SWR为研究人员，学生和班级提供了住房，食品和实验室设施。本计划中规定的结构改进使SWR可以：1）通过提供充足的，优质的实验室空间，设备和住房来提高车站的研究能力； 2）与科学界接触并吸引高素质的生物多样性保护科学家和学生； 3）通过提供丰富的，优质的课堂空间和设备来支持其他教育课程和讲习班； 4）以一种不仅减少车站对环境的影响的方式实现目标，还可以增强Chiricahua山脉的生态； 5）努力通过减少对外部能源的依赖来成为模型研究站。新结构将是一个宿舍，将增加32张新床。另一个是Casita平面图，具有8张新床的容量，并具有灵活的配置，可容纳家庭和高级研究用户。现有结构将进行重塑，以实现更灵活的配置和其他功能，例如厨房。SWRS是美国西南部的Madrean Archipelago/Sky Islands的独特综合体的一部分，并被Coronado National Forest所包围。 SWR主持了1,120多名高级和学生研究人员的工作，其中包括一些长期研究，这些研究是对生物多样性科学理解的开创性贡献。 SWRS研究人员收集的许多数据对马达Sky Island栖息地和物种的保护和管理有直接影响。在过去的二十年中，培训课程和专业研讨会已成为SWR教育活动不可或缺的一部分。由于在这些课程中获得的知识，参与者让SWR更具能力从事研究，教学和/或保护工作。有关SWRS的更多信息，请参见网站http://research.amnh.org/swrs/。