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The following text and images
are by William McDonough + Partners for their design of the Lewis
Center For Environmental Studies at Oberlin College in Ohio.
The Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies represents
a collaboration of ideas and interests. The client, Dr. David
Orr, has written on what he calls “architecture as pedagogy”
- the idea that the buildings we learn in teach us as powerfully
as the content of our classes. In response, the Lewis Center
was designed throughout to embody the curriculum of ecological
mindfulness central to the Environmental Studies Program. The
result is a remarkable synthesis of building and landscape, state-of-the-art
sustainable materials and innovative design strategies. The Lewis
Center manifests ecological stewardship and is widely acknowledged
as both a prototype and a pioneer. |
