2020 Portfolio

04
ECO-
INTEGRATION
ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION CENTER
Blue Bell Park, Philadelphia, PA | Spring 2017
This project is derived from the concept that it
easy for people that live in a city to become blind
to their proximity to nature and the biodiversity
that surrounds them. Located in Blue Bell Park,
East Falls, the center aims to provide a place
close to the city that educates the people of
Philadelphia about local flora and ecosystems
through a fusion of nature and architecture. Green
infiltration and air filtration strategies throughout
the building along with an interactive class space
and an outdoor theater attempts to accomplish
this goal of immersing people with nature. Other
important systems that accomplish this goal
are vertical louvers that wrap the west curtain
wall facade, a green wall and skylight along the
interior east wall, and a green roof that blends
seamlessly with the landscape above the building.