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Photo by Eean McNaughton
Photo by Eean McNaughton
Photo by Alan Karchmer
Photo by Eean McNaughton
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Honor Award for Excellence
in Architecture, Louisiana
Architects Association,1980
Museum News.
June 1983, p46.
Project Profile:
Located in an 86 acre
wilderness park in Eastern New Orleans, the Louisiana Nature
and Science Center is an education and research facility dedicated
to demonstrating the inter-dependency of man and nature in Louisiana's
unique coastal environment.
Our firm has assisted the Nature
Center since 1972. Consistent with the energy efficient philosophy
of the Center, the complex is "designed with nature".
The buildings are raised off the ground and have a minimal impact
on the natural environment. The first phase exhibition building
includes space for natural science exhibits, an amphitheater,
a gift shop and the "Discovery Loft", a unique hands-on
educational experience. E. Eean McNaughton Architects designed
the first exhibits for the building: the Blue Crab and
Mosquito exhibits.
The second phase is comprised
of an educational component and an administrative component.
The educational component includes a planetarium, research library
and resource center, classrooms, a teaching greenhouse and an
outdoor amphitheater. The administrative component constitutes
offices, exhibit workshop and storage facilities. The complex
of buildings overlooks a lagoon and wetland providing a natural
habitat for aquatic plants and animals. An extensive system of
nature trails extends from the exhibit buildings into the natural
forest, where the environment can be experienced, studied and
enjoyed.
Owner: Audubon Institute Louisiana Nature and Science
Center
Firm Responsibilities:
Prime A/E Services; Site
selection consultation; Site analysis and site master planning;
Facilities programming; Complete A/E services through Construction
Administration; Exhibit design of Blue Crab and Mosquito exhibits
Phase I Cost: $739,446 Completed: 1979
Phase 2 Cost: $840,000 Completed: 1987
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