Skills: Photoshop, Revit, SketchUp, Illustrator
(FARR ASSOCIATES) Farr Associates renovated a 1960s Edward Durrell Stone historic limestone building into the Harris School’s new home: a state-of-the-art education and research building across from Hyde Park’s historic Midway Plaissance with striking views of the campus. Inspired by the Harris School’s ethos of positive social change, the building design is filled with policy-inspired design firsts. The Keller Center is the most sustainable building on the University of Chicago Campus, the most sustainable Top-5 policy school, and one of the most sustainable buildings in all of higher education. In addition to LEED Platinum certification, the Keller Center achieved the International Living Future Institute’s rigorous Living Building Challenge (LBC) Materials, Beauty, and Equity Petal Certifications. The LBC program encourages improved environmental and health performance, and supports the building of structures that are restorative, regenerative, and an integral component of the local ecology and culture.
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