On a historic 105-acre farm on the Saco River in Maine, Kaplan Thompson Architects is on a quest to build the most sustainable building in the Northeast. There, work has begun on The Ecology School, designed to achieve the Living Building Challenge 3.1 certification.
The Ecology School is a nonprofit ecology education center for students of all ages to explore nature through experiential programming. Plans for the new 9,000-square-foot dormitory and 7,000-square-foot dining commons include using more than 200,000 board feet of local Maine wood.