Queens Botanical Garden Visitor And Administration Center

Queens botanical garden visitor administration building.
Queens botanical garden visitor and administration center. The visitor and administration center includes a reception area an auditorium a garden store gallery space meeting rooms administrative offices and a mechanical. To demonstrate environmental stewardship while celebrating the cultural connections between. The greenroof at the queens botanical garden covers the underground helen m. It is open to the public and admission is free.
We must also continue to educate ourselves hold ourselves and each other accountable and keep discussions open and active about systemic racism. The visitor administration center is a built extension of the garden s mission. The visitor and administration buildings costs about 14 million dollars and was planned by bksk architects. The visitor administration center is a high performance building demonstration project for new york city s office of sustainable design at the department of design and construction.
Queens botanical garden visitor center and administration building flushing new york bksk architects. An urban oasis located in the densely populated flushing meadows section of queens new york the city owned queens botanical garden qbg provides its 330 000 annual visitors with a change of pace from the usual sights and sounds of city life. Queens botanical garden visitor and administration center. The new visitor administration center is a built extension of the garden s mission.
To demonstrate environmental stewardship while celebrating the cultural connections between people. We also acknowledge the fear pain and emotional labor that black communities endure every day. The queens botanical garden is a nexus of botanical and cultural exploration for one of the most ethnically diverse neighborhoods in the united states queens county. Queens botanical garden visitor center and administration building flushing new york bksk architects.
The garden provides educational programs that celebrate plants people and cultures from around the world. Queens botanical garden visitor center and administration building flushing new york bksk architects. The queens botanical garden is a nexus of botanical and cultural exploration for the most ethnically diverse neighborhood in the united states queens county. The decade long 22 million capital improvement program of the queens botanical garden visitor and administration center had their grand opening on the weekend of september 29 and 30 2007.
Created as part of the 1939 new york world s fair the queens botanical garden is a 39 acre development with several gardens an art gallery and an arboretum. March 2 2016 anne tan detchkov. Visitors can enjoy and learn. Queens botanical garden stands in solidarity with the black community.
Marshall auditorium the largest part of the garden s building and was designed to take advantage of solar energy retain and. We stand with you.