Construction of Multi-Purpose Housing at Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory

荒岛山生物实验室（MDIBL）将建造一个多用途住房设施。MDIBL为来访的调查人员提供了进入海洋物种的机会，目的是研究渗透调节、细胞分裂、繁殖和脊椎动物器官（如肾、心和脑）的功能等基本过程的机制；并为从高中到博士后的学生提供教育项目。实验室接待来自美国、加拿大和欧洲的研究人员和学生，他们通过各种奖学金项目积极招募。MDIBL容纳这些不同群体的能力目前受到可用住房的质量和数量的限制，特别是在旺季期间寻求在实验室短期住宿的研究人员和学生的住房。拟议活动的长期目标是创建一套至少四个住房单元，供学生、调查员或教师/学生团体在一年中的不同时间使用。当前的应用程序寻求对这些单元中的第一个的支持。这些单元的场地是在MDIBL与专业规划师合作进行的全面场地规划过程的基础上选择的，在最大限度地降低开发成本的同时，提供隐私和可达性。单元的设计是为了最大限度地提高当前和未来使用的灵活性，建筑的经济性以及与周围土地和社区的和谐。该单位将被隔热和加热，以提供急需的住宿在寒冷的月份。该住房单元将为学生和调查人员提供更安全、更便利的夏季学生住房，并允许MDIBL为短期停留收集样本或参加会议或短期课程的访问调查人员提供住宿。

The Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (MDIBL) will construct a multi-use housing facility. MDIBL provides access for visiting Investigators to marine species for the purpose of investigating mechanisms of basic processes such as osmoregulation, cell division, reproduction and the function of vertebrate organs like the kidney, heart and brain; and offers educational programs for students ranging from high school to postdoctoral. The Laboratory hosts Investigators and students from the U.S., Canada and Europe who are actively recruited through a variety of fellowship programs. The ability of MDIBL to accommodate these diverse groups is currently limited by the quality and quantity of available housing, in particular housing for Investigators seeking short stays at the Lab and for students during our peak season. The long-term goal of the proposed activity is to create a set of at least four housing units designed to be utilized by students, Investigators or teacher/student groups at different times of the year. The current application seeks support for the first of these units. The site proposed for these units was chosen on the basis of a comprehensive site-planning process undertaken by MDIBL in collaboration with professional planner and offers privacy and accessibility while minimizing development costs. The design of the units was chosen to maximize flexibility of current and future use, economy of construction and harmony with the surrounding land and community. The unit will be insulated and heated to provide much needed accommodations in the colder months. The housing unit will benefit both students and Investigators by providing summer student housing which is safer and more accommodating and allow MDIBL to house visiting Investigators who come for short stays to collect samples or attend conferences or short courses.