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

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一笔赠款，用于改造现有的住房单元，并在亚利桑那州东南部的西南研究站建造两座新的住宅建筑。西南研究站（SWRS）由位于纽约的美国自然历史博物馆（AMNH）生物多样性与保护中心（CBC）领导。SWRS于1955年开始作为研究设施运行。在过去的五十年里，SWRS为研究人员，学生和班级提供了住房，食物和实验室设施。该计划中提出的结构改进使SWRS能够：1）通过提供充足，优质的实验室空间，设备和住房来提高空间站的研究能力; 2）接触科学界并吸引高素质的生物多样性保护科学家和学生; 3）通过提供充足，优质的教室空间和设备来支持额外的教育课程和研讨会; 4）实现目标的方式，不仅减少站对环境的影响，但也提高了奇利卡瓦山脉的生态;和5）通过减少对外部能源的依赖，努力成为一个示范研究站。新的结构将是一个宿舍，将增加32个新的床位。另一个是一个小屋平面图，可容纳8张新床，配置灵活，可容纳家庭和高级研究用户。现有的结构将被改造，以实现更灵活的配置和额外的功能，如厨房。SWRS是一个独特的复杂的约27个山脉，马德雷群岛/天空群岛的美国西南部，被科罗纳多国家森林环绕SWRS主持了1，120多名高级和学生研究人员的工作，其中包括一些对生物多样性的科学理解做出开创性贡献的长期研究。SWRS研究人员收集的大部分数据对马德雷天空岛栖息地和物种的保护和管理有直接影响。在过去的二十年里，培训课程和专业讲习班已成为SWRS教育活动的一个组成部分。参加者离开SWRS更好地装备，以追求他们的研究，教学，和/或保护工作，因为在这些课程中获得的知识。有关SWRS的更多信息，请参见网站http://research.amnh.org/swrs/。