- Skylab Architecture Designs LEED Gold Certified Multi-Function Complex Integrated Into The Landscape
- LEED Gold certified Columbia Building for the City of Portland's Bureau of Environmental Services, Supports Wastewater Treatment Facility.
- Project:
- Columbia Building
- Certification: LEED Gold
- Location:
- Portland, Oregon,
- United States
- Architects:
- Skylab Architecture
- Typology:
- Industrial Architecture
- Client: Bureau of Environmental Services
- Images: Jeremy Bittermann
Text description by the architects*
The Columbia Building supports the City of Portland’s Bureau of Environmental Services. Housing workspace, a visitor reception area, and public meeting spaces, the 11,640-square-foot building not only supports the engineering department of the wastewater treatment facility but also functions as an immersive educational experience, all integrated within a sustainable landscape.Â
The new single-story building features seven folded cast-in-place concrete roof forms that channel stormwater through a planted roof, which drains along the berms into a visible collection system that leads to the Columbia River.
The project accomplished three unique objectives in one single campus site: the creation of a vibrant and efficient workspace; clean on-site stormwater filtration; and a dynamic building that stimulates conversation about the health of the region’s watershed and rivers.
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