布鲁克曼物理学厅是一个设施教室，实验室空间，讲师大厅和物理系的行政办公室，以及来自德克萨斯州休斯敦莱斯大学的电气和计算机工程系的物理学家。由莱斯大学相信，校园里最重要的一些时刻是在课堂外进行非正式讨论和辩论的时刻，建筑和景观的设计旨在为活跃和鼓舞人心的对话提供众多空间。
        从建筑物的天花板遮蔽着太阳，一个地下庭院设有一个反射池，凸起的ipe露台和增强广场与可移动的家具。随着设计的发展，詹姆斯·伯内特办公室也被要求重新设计科学院，一个位于棕色大厅南翼之间的间隙空间。蜂蜜Mesquites的树丛组织空间和亲密分解的花岗岩庭院与可移动的家具创造了一些社会空间。

         The Brockman Hall for Physics is a 111,000 SF facility housing classrooms, laboratory space, lecture halls and administrative offices for the Physics Department as well as physicists from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Rice University in Houston, Texas. Driven by Rice University’s belief that some of the most important moments on campus are moments of informal discussion and debate outside of the classroom, the design of the building and landscape seeks to provide a multitude of spaces for lively and inspiring conversation.

Sheltered from the sun by the building overhead, a ground-floor courtyard features a reflecting pool, raised ipe terrace and enhanced plaza with movable furniture. As the design developed, the Office of James Burnett was also asked to redesign the Courtyard of Science, an interstitial space between the wings of Brown Hall to the south. A grove of Honey Mesquites organizes the space and intimate decomposed granite courtyards with movable furniture create a number of social spaces.