The new Collections and Research Building will be located in Colwood, rather than in Victoria where the main Royal BC Museum sits. MapleReinders | mgarchitecture | RoyalBCMuseum | realestate realestatenews BC museum architecture
The new CRB will improve research capabilities by providing dedicated labs and learning spaces, while also housing the archives, collections, and research teams. The building will also be home to the museum’s collections of birds, mammals, botany, fish, entomology, history, paleontology, and modern history.
Parts of the museum’s collection are at risk from flooding where they’re currently housed, the Province says, including archival books, manuscripts, prized artworks including several paintings by Emily Carr, and early maps of the province. Building a new and separate facility will help the Royal BC Museum secure those artifacts, while also meeting international best practices and standards.
The CRB will be built to meet the Province’s sustainability requirements. According to official Request for Proposals , the building must meet LEED Gold Certification, be all-electric, and use mass timber as its primary structural system., a firm that specializes in sustainability design. As the host Nations, the Songhees and Esquimalt First Nations will also be involved, providing guidance and direction on the project.
“Alongside the safe and modern storage of the collections and provincial records, the CRB will be a dynamic and welcoming community space,” Royal BC Museum CEO Alicia Dubois said. “We are thrilled with the design Maple Reinders has proposed and the alignment of our organizational values. We hope to inspire future paleontologists, entomologists, botanists and historians through greater learning opportunities by enhancing public access to our work.
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