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Summer Star Wildlife Sanctuary: Trailhead House
Summer Star Wildlife Sanctuary: Trailhead House
Boylston, MA, United States
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Summer Star Wildlife Sanctuary: Trailhead House
Boylston, MA, United States
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2014
SIZE
5000 sqft - 10,000 sqft
BUDGET
Undisclosed
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The Landing Eagle Trail Head House is the main building surrounded by Summer Star Wildlife Sanctuary’s landscape of modest hills, intimate valleys, and massive glacial boulders. With exhibit spaces, video and meeting rooms, and a grand-scale glazed ‘tree room’ for story-telling, the Nature Center will house programs complementary to the curricula of visiting educators and will welcome neighbors and others from the general public.
The Landing Eagle Trail Head House is a gateway to Summer Star’s loop-trail and the larger network with which it connects. In that way, Landing Eagle is a kind of embassy – to help conduct the interface of humans and the natural environment, preparing and orienting visitors for some time on the earth’s rhythm.
An immersive space has been created through emphatically gentle interventions on the humble landscape of the Sanctuary. A roof of deep earth cover allows the forest’s present understory of low-bush blueberry to return above the exhibit spaces. The materials and gestures of the tree room frame and amplify the native beauty and inspiration.
Inspired by old pioneers like Malcolm Wells, and new initiatives like the Living Building Challenge, Summer Star’s values manifest themselves in the building’s photovoltaic arrays, thermal shutters, composting toilets, rain-water pool, and many other impactful systems.
General Contractor: Consigli Construction
Landscape Architect: Klopfer Martin Design Group
Civil Engineer: Outback Engineering, Inc.
Structural Engineer: Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, Inc.
M.E.P. Engineer: Allied Consulting Engineering Services, Inc.
Geotechnical Engineer: McPhail Associates, LLC
Seismic Refraction Survey: Hager-Richter Geoscience, Inc.
Sustainable Design Consultant: The Green Engineer, LLP
Code Consulant: Building Code Consulting, LLC
Lighting Consultant: Ripman Lighting Consultants
The Landing Eagle Trail Head House is a gateway to Summer Star’s loop-trail and the larger network with which it connects. In that way, Landing Eagle is a kind of embassy – to help conduct the interface of humans and the natural environment, preparing and orienting visitors for some time on the earth’s rhythm.
An immersive space has been created through emphatically gentle interventions on the humble landscape of the Sanctuary. A roof of deep earth cover allows the forest’s present understory of low-bush blueberry to return above the exhibit spaces. The materials and gestures of the tree room frame and amplify the native beauty and inspiration.
Inspired by old pioneers like Malcolm Wells, and new initiatives like the Living Building Challenge, Summer Star’s values manifest themselves in the building’s photovoltaic arrays, thermal shutters, composting toilets, rain-water pool, and many other impactful systems.
General Contractor: Consigli Construction
Landscape Architect: Klopfer Martin Design Group
Civil Engineer: Outback Engineering, Inc.
Structural Engineer: Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, Inc.
M.E.P. Engineer: Allied Consulting Engineering Services, Inc.
Geotechnical Engineer: McPhail Associates, LLC
Seismic Refraction Survey: Hager-Richter Geoscience, Inc.
Sustainable Design Consultant: The Green Engineer, LLP
Code Consulant: Building Code Consulting, LLC
Lighting Consultant: Ripman Lighting Consultants
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