Client: The Nature Conservancy

Project: 2,000 sf conference center located on the bluffs of ecologically sensitive Apalachicola River ravines

Cost: $400,000

Status: Completed

Delivery: Bid

Description: An education and conference center. Strategy was to make a minimal imposition on this fragile landscape. Presented were 6 different schemes initially. 2 were explored in detail and the one with the roof form that echoed the ravines was ultimately chosen.

Project won AIA Design Award for Excellence in Architecture.

Click HERE for images of the completed project.

This building incorporates sustainable materials such as recycled lumber (HDPE wood), engineered lumber, salvaged heart pine floors and concrete board siding. Passive cooling and ventilation is used throughout to mitigate energy costs.

3 alternative schemes are shown below. These were quick and dirty mock-ups - designed, modeled and rendered in 3-4 hours each: