Bainbridge Island Washington
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2002
IslandWood Mithun
Bert Gregory, AIA, Principal
Richard Franko, AIA, Project Manager
David W. Goldberg, AIA, Project Designer
Lynn Robbins; Tom Rooks; Amanda Sturgeon; Christoph Kruger, AIA; Brian Cloward; Susan McNabb; John Harrison, AIA; Daniel Swaab; Ken Pirie; Chris Dixon, RS, CCS; Tom Johanson; Konning Tam; Serge Martin
Elizabeth MacPherson, IIDA, ASID; Cindy Schmidt; Lisa Herriot, IIDA Browne Engineering—Civil
Skilling, Ward, Magnusson, Barkshire—Structural Keen Engineers—Mechanical Cross Engineers—Electrical
The Berger Partnership—Landscape and Planning William Isley—Master PlanningTeam
David Rousseau, Archemy Consulting—Environmental Consulting 2020 Engineers—Alternative Water Systems
Mike Nelson, Washington St., Schott Applied Power—Photovoltaics Heliodyne—Solar Hot Water Sahale—Suspension Bridge Design
Rafn Company: Educational Core
Drury Construction: Art Studio & Site Structures
Woodside Construction: Staff Housing
Roger Williams Doug Scott Dave Goldberg Art Grice
Roofs direct precipitation to cisterns for irrigation and boot washing.
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A 70,000-square-foot campus located on 255 acres on Bainbridge Island comprising a nearly complete watershed as well as a bog, pond, cattail marsh, ravine, and multiple generations of logged forest.
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Forty buildings and site structures provide varied opportunities for experiential-based learning. Four thousand school children spend three nights at IslandWood exploring the site with naturalists on a series of linked pedestrian trails.
70,000 square feet
• No air-conditioning—windows open and buildings breathe. Students operate building controls and monitor their energy and water use during their stay.
• The Living Machine® serves as a biological wastewater treatment plant and interactive aquatic science classroom.
• Educational geological fireplaces, rainwater cisterns, and artist-made building parts facilitate an understanding of ecological connections and interactive hands-on learning.
• Buildings are sited at the north edge of solar meadows, allowing solar access from the south and framed views deep into the forest beyond.
• Natural entry trails provide a "decompression zone" for all visitors. Students work together to pull their bags in carts down a long rustic trail to their lodges.
• Open-air site structures provide a dry place in the damp Northwest forest for writing, drawing, and outdoor field experiments.
• As one of the first LEED Gold-certified projects in the country, IslandWood's campus and buildings serve as active participants in the teaching process.
• Butterfly roof
• Natural ventilation/no air-conditioning
• Locally sourced, sustainable
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