Tag Archives: Sustainability

Projects involving significant efforts to reduce impact on the natural environment, minimise the use of resources, recycling materials, off grid, long life, recyclable, use of brownfield sites

Marshall Islands

Energy & Maintenance Building housing equipment for the supply and management of electrical power and drinking water; combined with workshops, storage and administration.

College of the Marshall Islands | Majuro | 2006-2009

SK: BECA Design & Job architect

Combined facility housing a reverse osmosis fresh water plant – powered by the PV panels on the roof; water storage & supply pumps, electrical control gear, back-up diesel generators, teaching & maintenance workshops, stores, offices.

One part of a wider Beca involvement with the Marshall Islands government, including infrastructure, education and airport upgrades.

ACG Strathallan

Arts and Technology teaching building for a recently established private school.

ACG Strathallan | Karaka | 2005-2010

SK: BECA Design architect & job manager (stage 2)

The building contains teaching rooms for Art, Technology, Drama, Music, IT/Design and Science labs. There is also a large Library, a lunchroom, WCs, careers rooms, stores and staff rooms. The larger spaces are designed to be divided up into classroom size spaces, if the school builds additional specialist buildings for music and drama. The construction was divided up into stages to suit available funding arrangements.