Articles tagged with: Sustainable Prefabs
Posted in Architecture, Green, Infrastructure on 18 July 2008
The under construction Community Arts Centre at Greensburg, Kansas is under limelight for being the most talked about green, environment-friendly prefab structure. Its uniqueness and popularity can be judged by the fact that the building features in Planet Green’s documentary series for Discovery Channel! This non-residential building is one of the pioneer structures created among a number of sustainable prototypes for Greensburg and this brilliant Studio804 of the University Of Kansas School Of Architecture has done work. Studio804’s portfolio is brimming with sustainable prefab designs; so, it doesn’t surprises me wee bit to learn that, this Community Arts Centre recently became the first LEED Platinum building in Kansas!
The art centre is being designed uniquely to provide adequate space to support small scale commercial programs and to act as an educational tool for a community who loves to preserve and propagate its cultural heritage via both visual and performing arts. It uses a modular design. Also, it is interesting to note that the building uses a combo of active and passive energy systems. This combination includes water reclamation, cross ventilation and passive solar design. The Community Arts Centre is so planned as to use solar, wind and geothermal form of renewable energy sources to meet its power requirements thus becoming an exemplar of cleaner energy options and sustainability.
Have a look at the exterior and interior of the CAC and I bet you would be awestruck just like me!
Via Inhabitat