Pocono Environmental Education and Visitor Center, Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania
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| Pocono Environmental Education and Visitor Center | |
| Designer | Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Location | Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Date | to October 2005 |
| Building Type | Exhibition and Exposition |
| Construction System | engineered lumber, steel, glass |
| Climate | Cold Temperate |
| Context | Rural |
| Architectural Style | High Tech |
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| Building Details | |
| Client | Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Area | 7,750 square feet (720 square meters) |
| Stories | 2 |
| Site | 100,000 square feet (9,300 square meters) |
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"The Pocono Environmental Education and Visitor Center is designed to reinforce the organization's mission of environmental stewardship and education.
"The building is a flexible, multipurpose gathering space for dining, meetings, lectures, and other environmental learning activities. The building is designed to serve as a teaching tool for environmental education. Arriving at the site, visitors pass through a forest, cross a wetland, enter the building through an opening in the dark north wall, and cross through a bar of service spaces into the bright, daylit main room. The south-facing shed is designed to take full advantage of the warmth of the sun, cool mountain breezes, abundant natural light, and views of the forest." – AIA/COTE
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- Architect (Project manager): Allen Kachel, AIA, LEED AP Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA http://www.bcj.com
- Architect (Principal for design): Peter Bohlin, FAIA Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA http://www.bcj.com
- Architect (Project architect): Wayne Stitt, AIA Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA http://www.bcj.com
- Civil engineer: Michael Weeks, P.E. McGoey, Hauser & Edsall Consulting Engineers, P.C., Milford, Pennsylvania, USA http://www.mhepc.com
- Electrical engineer: Russ Albert, P.E. Strunk-Albert Engineering, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
- Mechanical and plumbing engineer: David Strunk, P.E. Strunk-Albert Engineering, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
- Structural engineer: Manny Pons, P.E. E. D. Pons and Associates, Inc., Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA http://www.edpons.com
- Cost estimator: John Frondorf Becker and Frondorf, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA http://www.beckerfrondorf.com
- Contractor: Jim Boucher Pride Enterprises, Inc., Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA http://www.prideenterprises.com
- Owner/developer: Thomas Solon Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Office of Preservation and Design, Bushkill, Pennsylvania, USA http://www.nps.gov/dewa/
- Owner/developer (CEO): Jim Rienhardt Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania, USA http://www.peec.org
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AIA/COTE Case Study Overview. 2008. American Institute of Architects. Viewed by D. Owen on 2008.0508.
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