I dropped by the construction of the Nature Research Center that is joining the Museum of Natural Sciences at 11 West Jones Street. It’s pretty cool.
The Daily Planet is a 3-story, HD, multi-media space that sits smack dab in front, positioned as if it could just roll away like a pin-ball in the downtown Raleigh machine. And check the skywalk connecting this new 80,000 square foot research center to the museum.
From the looks of it and the hype surrounding what they’ll be offering inside, it seems truly worthy of the goal to recruit and inspire minds.
Which is what the director, Margaret D. Lowman, is looking to do. She’s led a pretty daring life – hanging around in treetops and raising a family in them too – and sounds like the right scientist for the job.
The Nature Research Center will be complete next spring (2012) and plans don’t stop there. Ultimately the master plan is to complete a Green Square Complex – which will also be the new home for the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Push your glasses up and pop on the latex gloves, cause Science is getting a two-block multi-use development project in Raleigh.
I’ve seen this work going on downtown and have been wondering what the final project was! This looks awesome!
I am so excited about this, and have been curious what the end product would look like! Thanks for digging up some dirt on the matter! Hooray for growth and development in our City of Oaks!!!!
Yes! I can’t wait to take in a presentation inside of a giant globe.
Grade A stuff. I’m unqeusitobnaly in your debt.
Thanks for following and glad you are enjoying! Are you in the Raleigh area?