Peter Busby, C.M., Fraic, Aia Int'l Assoc., Leed Fellow
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PETER BUSBY, C.M., FRAIC, AIA INT’L ASSOC., LEED FELLOW Managing Director Internationally recognized and published for his contributions to Architecture and Planning, Peter Busby’s award-winning portfolio embodies his philosophy of social responsibility and commitment to sustainable design. Since opening his Vancouver practice in 1984, Peter’s body of work has gained a reputation for design excellence and innovation, becoming a powerful catalyst in the growth of the green architecture movement in North America and abroad. After merging his firm with Perkins+Will in 2004, he became a driving force across the company, compelling its industry-leading sustainable design initiatives. In 2012, Peter relo- cated to be the Managing Director of Perkins+Will’s San Francisco office. EDUCATION RELEVANT EXPERIENCE Honorary Doctorate in Science, Dockside Green Development Centre for Interactive Research on Ryerson University, Toronto, 2008 Master Plan Sustainability (CIRS), LEED-ND Platinum Certified University of British Columbia Bachelor of Architecture, Victoria, BC Vancouver, BC University of British Columbia, 1977 Bachelor of Arts (Political Philosophy), Dockside Green Development Edmonton City Centre Redevelopment University of Toronto, 1974 Balance + Synergy (Phases 1 +2) Beyond Carbon-Neutral Community LEED-NC Platinum Certified Edmonton, AB Victoria, BC REGISTRATIONS Energy. Environment. Experiential. Learning Architect: British Columbia, Alberta, Cross Roads Mixed-Use Development (EEEL) Ontario, Oregon LEED-CS Gold Certified University of Calgary Vancouver, BC Calgary, AB PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Fellow, Cascadia Green Building Council One Wall Centre Earth Sciences Building (ESB) Member, Order of Canada Vancouver, BC University of British Columbia CaGBC Faculty, 2003-2005 Vancouver, BC USGBC Faculty, 1997-2002 The Acqua + Vento Mixed-Use Development Fellow, Royal Architectural Institute of LEED-NC Platinum Certified Husky Union Building Canada Calgary, AB University of Washington Member, Architectural Institute of British Seattle, WA Columbia North Macadam Development Master Plan Member, Alberta Association of Architects Mount Pleasant Community Centre + Merriweather Towers Member, Ontario Association of Architects LEED-NC Gold Target LEED-NC Gold Certified Member, American Institute of Architects Vancouver, BC Portland, OR Founder, Board Member, and Chair, Canada Green Building Council Oregon Health + Science University District of North Vancouver Municipal Hall Member, Urban Development Institute Schnitzer Campus Framework Plan Addition + Renovation Member, British Columbia Construction Portland, Oregon North Vancouver, BC Roundtable Former Board Member, BC Hydro Living with Lakes Centre VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Center Laurentian University Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation LEED-NC Platinum Target Vancouver, BC Sudbury, ON perkinswill.com PETER BUSBY: SELECTED WORK MANAGING DIRECTOR PERKINS+WILL SAN FRANCISCO VANCOUVER BOARD OF PARKS AND RECREATION VANDUSEN BOTANICAL GARDEN VISITOR CENTRE LOCATION Vancouver, BC Reflecting the City of a garden shop, office space and flexible COMPLETION DATE August 2011 classroom spaces for meetings, lectures, CONSTRUCTION COST Vancouver’s initiative workshops and private functions. Project Budget: $21.9 million CAD to be the “Greenest Designed to exceed LEED Platinum, Construction Budget: $14.4 million CAD City in the World” by the Visitor Centre is pursuing the SIZE 1,810 SM (19,483 SF) Living Building Challenge—the most SUSTAINABILITY TARGETS: 2020, the VanDusen stringent measurement of sustainability Living Building Challenge Botanical Garden’s in the built environment. The Visitor LEED® New Construction v 1.0 Centre uses on-site, renewable Platinum Registered new Visitor Centre is sources—geothermal boreholes, Visitor Centre one of the public faces solar photovoltaics, solar hot water tubes—to achieve net-zero energy on AWARDS for sustainability in an annual basis. Wood is the primary 2013, Metal Architecture Design Award, Vancouver. building material, sequestering enough Metal Roofing Category carbon to achieve carbon neutrality. 2013, Wood WORKS! BC Wood Design In 2007, Perkins+Will was commissioned Rainwater is filtered and used for the Awards, Wood Innovation Award to create a signature, green facility that building’s greywater requirements; 2013, Globe Award for Excellence in Urban would increase the VanDusen Botanical 100% of blackwater is treated by an Sustainability, Finalist Garden’s visitorship and enhance its on-site bioreactor and released into 2012, World Architecture News (WAN) international stature. Designed to be one a new feature percolation field and Engineering Awards, Winner with nature, the Visitor Centre creates a garden. Natural ventilation is assisted 2012, Lieutenant-Governor of British harmonious balance between architecture by a solar chimney, composed of an Columbia Merit Recipient and landscape—from both a visual and operable glazed oculus and an aluminum 2012, Lieutenant Governor’s Award For an ecological perspective. Inspired by the heatsink, which converts the sun’s rays Engineering Excellence, ACEC-BC organic forms and natural systems of a to convection energy. Summer sun native orchid, the project is organized into shines on darker surfaces to enhance undulating green roof ‘petals’ that float ventilation further. Located in the centre above rammed earth and concrete walls. of the atrium, and exactly at the centre These petals and stems are connected by of all the building’s various radiating a vegetated land ramp that links the roof geometry, the solar chimney highlights to the ground plane, encouraging use by the role of sustainablility by form and local fauna. The building houses a café, function. an expanded library, volunteer facilities, perkinswill.com VANDUSEN BOTANICAL GARDEN VISITOR CENTRE / perkinswill.com VANDUSEN BOTANICAL GARDEN VISITOR CENTRE / PROJECT DETAILS DESIGN TEAM Electrical Engineer: Integral Group (Cobalt PROJECT VanDusen Botanical Garden Perkins+Will (formerly Busby Engineering) Visitor Centre Perkins+Will): Civil Engineer: R.F. Binnie & Associate LOCATION 5151 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC Principal Design Team: Peter Busby; Paul Code Consultant: B.R. Thorson Ltd. CLIENT Vancouver Parks Board Cowcher; Robin Glover; Harley Grusko; Jim Cost Consultant: BTY Group DESIGN 2007 - 2008 Huffman; Penny Martyn; Supporting Team: Envelope Consultant: Morrison Herschfield CONSTRUCTION 2009 - 2011 Chessa Adsit-Morris; Aneta Chmiel; Robert Landscape Architect: Sharp & Diamond Drew; Benjamin Engle-Folchert; Jacqueline Landscape Architecture Inc. TECHNICAL DETAILS Ho; Rebecca Holt; Ellen Lee; Matthieu with Cornelia Hahn Oberlander SIZE Building Area: 19,483 SF (1,810 SM) Lemay; Joanna Peacock; Max Richter; Lighing Design: Total Lighting Solutions Project Area: 17,000 SM (183,000 SF) Sören Schou Ecology Consultant: Raincoast Applied CONSTRUCTION COST Ecology Project Budget: $21.9 million CAD CONSULTANTS Acoustical Consultant: BKL Consultants Construction Budget: $14.4 million CAD General Contractor: Ledcor Construction Commissioning Ageng: KD Engineering Structural Engineer: Fast + Epp Mechanical Engineer: Integral Group Commissioning Authority: KD Engineering (Cobalt Engineering) Co. perkinswill.com VANDUSEN BOTANICAL GARDEN VISITOR CENTRE / ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS Water Efficiency Indoor Environmental Quality The VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor • Building and landscape water use comes • The design focuses on the major Centre is targeting the International Living from captured precipitation, where conditions that must be present for a Future Institute’s Living Building Challenge, permitted by building code. healthy interior environment to occur. which promotes the most advanced • Blackwater and greywater is treated on Beauty and Inspiration measurement of sustainability in the built site—for the first time in a building in • This project contains design features environment possible today. Vancouver in over 45 years. intended solely for human delight and Sustainable Site Energy and Atmosphere the celebration of culture, spirit and • The building was sited to preserve rare • The building is designed to be net-zero place appropriate to the function of the trees, shrubs and other plants in the energy on an annual basis. building garden. • Solar hot water tubes (176,000 kWh), • The Centre reverses the trend of PV panels (11,000 kWh) and a geo- land degradation and invites nature’s exchange system are employed in the functions into a healthier interface with energy strategy. built and natural systems. Materials and Resources • The surrounding native plant landscape, • Materials used throughout the Centre including the green roof, features have been rigorously researched and bilingual English-Musqueam plant labels documented for material health at all and is perfectly adapted to the local levels of their life cycle. climate. perkinswill.com VANDUSEN BOTANICAL GARDEN VISITOR CENTRE / Only MATERIALS that efficiently utilize An operable GLAZED OCULUS with a solar resources are used in the project. heat sink allows for passive ventilation. CONTEXT Located at Oak and 37th Street, VanDusen is less than 5 km from downtown Vancouver and is looking to draw visitors from an increased street presence. PROGRAM The 1,765 SM facility houses a cafe, an expanded library and volunteer facili- RHINO SOFTWARE was used to design and The complex petal ROOF STRUCTURE uti- ties, a new garden shop, administration and 3D model the undulating roof forms.