This project (still a work in progress) is focusing on Sustainability. I am supposed to redesign the interior of the Tourism Center and convert it to an Environmental Learning Center.
In the past I worked in a green house, have taken botany and forestry classes, and have lived on a farm where I gardened. This is a project I've felt very passionate about and have tried to make effective.
From the start I intended to create an experimental interior- I wanted the space to feel special. I think that the best to to encourage people to truly consider their environment is to provoke them and challenge them.
When looking at some other learning centers- I found myself bored. The design of the structure was rarely inherently tied to the purpose of the structure. Even when the structure was built "sustainably" it wasn't interacting with the user. The designers considered their buildings a shell for the purpose rather than a tool to serve the purpose.
I seek to subvert that.
Environmental Learning Center
