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PCC Newberg Center – Portland AIA 2011 Sustainable Design Award Winner – Rethink Energy and Design
Photos and story by Gina Whitehill-Baziuk
A 2011 Portland AIA Design Awards jurist commented upon the Portland Community College, Newberg Center, winner of this year’s Sustainable Design Award, saying “the building is a diagram of itself”. What might that mean? Well, unlike the hidden building systems in many facilities, you can get a good sense of how the Newberg Center operates, just by (carefully) looking at it.
With an integrated design team led by Hennebery Eddy Architects, the 13,500 square foot building, the first constructed on the nearly 16 acre Newberg campus, is one of a very few academic buildings nationally, that can be described as “on the path to net zero”.
Read the rest of this article on the Rethink Energy and Design website (December 5).