The new Environmental Exploration Center, approximately 8,000-GSF, is sited adjacent to the existing 800-SF classroom building. GWWO provided schematic design services for the building as well as landscape design services for the area immediately surrounding the new building. The Berks Conservancy believes “that nature is essential to our quality of life” and so the goal of the Environmental Exploration Center is to connect people to nature.

 

The building will be simple, functional, and serve as a demonstration of the Conservancy’s environmental and conservation principles related to green building, energy stewardship, and sustainable development. The Center will serve as a space for education classrooms, community meetings, and administration space for the Conservancy.