Kendeda创新可持续设计大楼的创建是为了促进环境教育、研究和社区推广的公共论坛。该项目是美国东南部第一个获得完整的 “生活建筑 “认证的项目，并为可持续发展设定了新的标准–证明了 “生活建筑 “在最具挑战性的气候条件下也是可行的。

The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design was created to foster environmental education, research, and a public forum for community outreach. The project is the first of its kind in the Southeast United States to achieve full Living Building Certification and sets a new standard for sustainability–demonstrating that Living Buildings are possible in even the most challenging climates.

该设计的灵感来自于当地的南方门廊。该项目为校园的公民规模重新设想了这一地区普遍存在的建筑装置。再生门廊履行了传统的任务，即在建筑周围创造一个凉爽的小气候，并模糊了内部和外部条件。此外，门廊被用来满足 “生活建筑挑战 “的严格要求。光伏天幕产生的能量超过了建筑的100%需求，并收集了足够的雨水来满足建筑中100%的用水。

The design is inspired by the vernacular southern porch. The project reimagines this regionally ubiquitous architectural device for the civic scale of the campus. The Regenerative Porch performs the traditional tasks of creating a cool microclimate around the building and blurring interior and exterior conditions. Additionally, the Porch is leveraged to satisfy the rigorous requirements of the Living Building Challenge. The PV canopy generates more than 100% of the building’s energy demand and captures enough rainwater to meet 100% of the water used in the building.

Kendeda大楼是该大学自19世纪80年代最早的承重砖石和木材结构以来的第一个木材建筑。与混凝土和钢结构系统相比，大规模的木材被选中是因为它的碳足迹明显较小。胶合板和钢底弦被用来实现建筑中较大空间所需的跨度，而在这些空间中单独使用木材是有难度的。这种混合方法减少了所需的木材数量，同时使建筑服务的路由更加有效。重力和侧向元素完全暴露，使建筑成为一个教学工具，并确定了内部环境的特征。钉子层压木板在现场外进行镶板，并通过起重机吊装到位。

The Kendeda Building is the university’s first timber building since its earliest load-bearing masonry and timber structures from the 1880s. Mass timber was selected for its significantly smaller embodied carbon footprint, compared to concrete and steel systems. Glue laminated queen-post trusses with steel bottom chords are used to achieve the spans required by the larger spaces in the building where timber alone would be challenging. This hybrid approach reduces the quantity of wood required while making the routing of building services more efficient. The gravity and lateral elements are fully exposed, allowing the building to be a teaching tool and defining the character of the interior environment. The nail laminated wood decking was panelized off-site and craned into place.

2.5万英尺长的2乘4的材料是从亚特兰大的Lifecycle建筑中心抢救出来的，该中心的木材来自废弃的电影场景。装饰板由当地非营利组织乔治亚州工程公司雇用的学徒组装，提供宝贵的贸易技能。新木材的下脚料被组装成座椅台阶，从中庭的三层向下延伸。除了结构性木材外，从校园内和佐治亚州南部被风暴砍伐的树木中抢救出来的木材也被用于制作台面和家具。Kendeda大楼的所有用水都来自于光伏雨棚收集的雨水。

Twenty-five thousand linear feet of 2-by-4 material was salvaged from Atlanta’s Lifecycle Building Center, which sourced the lumber from discarded film sets. The decking was assembled by apprentices hired through local nonprofit Georgia Works!, providing valuable trade skills. Off-cuts from the new lumber were assembled into the seat steps that descend the three tiers of the atrium. In addition to the structural timber, wood salvaged from storm-felled trees on campus and in southern Georgia was used for countertops and furniture. All of the water used in The Kendeda Building comes from rainwater captured by the PV canopy.

经过处理的雨水被用于饮水机、水槽和淋浴。这些装置产生的灰水被抽到建筑主入口处的一个人造湿地。然后，这些水在重力作用下，通过一系列的雨水花园和与分层外部梯田一致的滞留结构，然后渗透到场地中。目前，该大学为向亚特兰大过度扩张的下水道系统排放雨水而承担了大量的费用。Kendeda大楼展示了可用的策略，这些策略可以在整个校园部署，以更智能地管理雨水。

Treated rainwater is used for drinking fountains, sinks, and showers. The greywater generated from these fixtures is pumped to a constructed wetland at the building’s main entrance. This water then descends via gravity through a series of rain gardens and detention structures aligned with the tiered exterior terraces before infiltrating to the site. The university currently incurs a significant expense to discharge stormwater to Atlanta’s overextended sewer system. The Kendeda Building demonstrates available strategies that could be deployed throughout the campus to manage stormwater more intelligently.

衡量肯达大厦成功的真正标准是它在亚特兰大和其他地方激发的变化。现成的技术和产品代表了其他机构甚至是普通业主可以轻松复制的策略。该建筑延续了Kendeda基金十年来为推动亚特兰大建筑环境的可持续性所做的工作。

The Kendeda Building’s true measure of its success will be the change it inspires in Atlanta and beyond. State-of-the-shelf technologies and products represent strategies that can be easily replicated by other institutions and even everyday homeowners. The building continues a decade of work by the Kendeda Fund to advance sustainability in Atlanta’s built environment.

Architects: Miller Hull Partnership
Area: 47000 ft²
Year: 2019
Photographs: Jonathan Hillyer, Gregg Willett
Manufacturers: Accoya, American Hydrotech, Assa Abloy, Columbia Forest Products, Fluxwerx, GAF, Kawneer, Knauf, Prosoco, Sunpower, USG, Viracon, Bristolite, Clivus Multrum, Green Leaf Brick Company, LG, Mecoshade, Milliken, Morin | Kingspan, Oregon
Main Contractor: Skanska USA
MEP Engineering: PAE, Newcomb & Boyd
Structural Engineer: Uzun & Case
Civil Engineering: Long Engineering
Landscape Architect: Andropogon
Design Architect And Lbc Lead:The Miller Hull Partnership, LLP
Miller Hull Team:Brian Court, Margaret Sprug, Chris hellstern, Matt Kikosicki
Collaborating Architect & Prime Architect:Lord Aeck Sargent
Grey Water Systems:Biohahbitats
City:Atlanta
Country:United States