NCBLA Course # 14813. LA CES Approved
$25 NCASLA Members
$35 Non-Members
$0 Student
Serving as a bridge between Wellesley College and the surrounding community, the Global Flora Conservatory (winner of the 2020 NCASLA Merit Award for General Design) intentionally blurs the lines between indoor and outdoor spaces, becoming, as the client noted, “a landscape with a glass box over it.” Acting as a functional, working extension of the college’s existing science departments, the greenhouse provides an opportunity for students to study evolutionary plant form within a space that puts its own sustainable design and living processes on display.
In this session, two members of Andropogon Associates will present their experience working on this groundbreaking project, including designing spaces for plants, sourcing local salvaged materials, using topography to create a variety of experiences in a small space, supporting research needs tied to specific curricula, and meeting the rigorous requirements of the Living Building Challenge for a typically high-input building typology.
Martha Eberle, PLA, ASLA; Associate and Raleigh Office Director, Andropogon Associates
Todd Montgomery; Senior Associate and Creative Director, Andropogon Associates
