Rainforeet cliffs

摘要

The Vancouver Aquarium's new Aquaquest-Marilyn Blusson Learning Centre immerses visitors in the temperate rainforest along British Columbia's coasts. As a certified LEED Gold project and one of the province's most "green" public buildings, Aquaquest is also home to the first modular living wall installation in North America. The new building and its outdoor living wall evoke the sight and smells of a cliff face or canyon wall rich in plants, insects, birds and butterflies. Green design is also part of the learning message. By combining rain forest plantings and showing strategies for rainwater collection and reuse, Aquaquest's building and landscape architecture offer a public demonstration of the promise of sustainable integrated design.