Project Description
FROM THE ARCHITECTS:
Continuing the firm's long standing relationship with Bowdoin College (the 8th building to be exact), CambridgeSeven was brought on to design the Roux Center for the Environment, a three-story, 29,167 SF academic building that heralds a new era of interdisciplinary research, teaching and exploration of the environment – such a critical topic nowadays. The structure consists of classrooms, teaching and research labs, faculty offices, conference rooms, common space and ancillary storage serving as a teaching lab of sustainable and innovative building technologies.
The LEED Platinum building (the highest rank on campus) includes a number of key sustainable initiatives including a PV array, a green roof, water reclamation and innovative building materials. More specifically, the building is clad in renewable FSC Poplar grown in Virginia, that has been thermally modified, a method only available in the U.S. over the last 5 years and rarely used on the East Coast. The wood is maintenance free, requires no treatment, and will turn silvery grey over time, just like cedar shingles on so many Maine barns and boat houses. The interior of the building is filled with Red Oak wood, sourced locally from Maine.
Project Credits:
Project Name: Roux Center for the Environment
Architect: CambridgeSeven
Contractor: Warren Construction Group, Inc.
Awards: U. S. Green Building Certification LEED Platinum
Photos: Jeff Goldberg/Esto