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Jefferson City, Missouri
Architect: BNIM Architects
Apart of its mission to protect and restore Missouri's natural resources, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources commissioned a new 120,000square-foot office building to consolidate all of their employees under one roof and to showcase affordable, cost-effective and replicable "green" strategies.
The site, selected after an extensive evaluation process, originally housed part of the Jefferson City Correctional Facilities, which was carefully deconstructed prior to construction. One goal of the restorative site plan was to completely eliminate stormwater runoff from the site. To accomplish this, the site was carefully designed with level spreaders, bioswales, native prairie plants and ecosystems. Rainwater from the roof is collected in a 50,000 gallon storage tank, which provides flushing water to the building's toilets.
The building is organized around a four-story atrium space that opens to a grand view of the Missouri River...