Cambridge, Massachusetts-based design firm KlingStubbins, in cooperation with Croxton Collaborative Architects, has achieved a LEED Gold rating from USGBC for the Johnson Hall of Science at St. Lawrence University; the project is the sixth for which KlingStubbins has earned LEED certification during 2008. The 122,000-square-f0ot building will house the biology and chemistry departments and is St. Lawrence’s first phase of a project which will also call for the construction of an additional 120,000 square feet. The school’s four existing science buildings will be renovated over the next three phases to create additional academic space for physics, math, geology, and computer science. Johnson Hall scored 41 LEED points, is oriented on a north/south axis, and is separated into two interconnected wings in order to provide maximum daylight to interior program spaces.
August 5th, 2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | ContinuedCroxton Collaborative Architects
Green Space Abounds at Mount Hope Community Center in South Bronx
Designed by the Croxton Collaborative Architects, the Mount Hope Community Center in the South Bronx will offer a gymnasium, conference center, computer labs, classrooms and play areas at East 175th Street between Townsend and Walton Avenues when it opens sometime later this summer. The 4-story, 44,000-square-foot project will include a number of sustainable design features, though it does not appear that the project team is pursuing any third-party rating. Landscape contractor Plant Fantasies- a certified WBE (woman-owned business enterprise) is installing three levels of outdoor terrace space, including two green roofs, one of 3600 square feet, the other 900 square feet. The outdoor greenery was designed by Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, which specified drought-resistant soil and shrubbery.
August 5th, 2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued