Designed to attract leading life sciences researchers and inspire students to innovate and discover in state-of-the-art, versatile teaching and research laboratories, the renewal of the UBC BioSciences Renewal Project integrates sustainable design initiatives in a highly functional and aesthetic environment.

The LEED Gold Certified building brings the outdoors in, with large, light-filled windows that connect classrooms and administrative spaces. Elements such as frit patterns on the glazing —found in nature, like dragonfly wings and giraffe spots—reinforce the connection between the built environment and the natural world.

Extending the classroom into the quad, a new Biosciences Courtyard was designed as an outdoor teaching space where Indigenous plants and collections from UBC’s Biology department flourish. This integration of natural elements strengthens UBC’s commitment to creating a “Campus as a Living Laboratory.”

Located at the most prominent intersection at the heart of campus, the BioSciences Complex bridges the existing with the new, through interconnected pathways that foster moments of study and collaboration.