Greening the Valley: Sustainable Architecture in the Pioneer Valley
Sustainability has become an accepted concept that applies to people from a wide range of social and economic backgrounds. It requires broad systemic thinking around critical economic, social, as well as environmental issues. The exhibition will address these issues, while providing a springboard for thought-provoking questions, discussions, and commentaries. The specific focus on the Pioneer Valley will highlight our region and its forward looking communities.
The Pioneer Valley is rich in sustainable buildings that mirror national green trends in architecture and design. Through models, photographs and virtual tours, the exhibition unites diverse works from large scale science buildings to private residences, low-income housing, and intimate gardens of natural inspiration--all of which illustrates the many ways that green design can help solve our environmental crisis. Greening the Valley includes works by nationally and internationally renowned figures such as Michael Singer, Sigrid Miller Pollin and Charles Rose, as well as prominent architects from our region such as Coldham & Hartman, Kuhn Riddle, Austin Design, Juster Pope Frazier, and Dietz & Co. The goal of the exhibition is to bring together examples of green design, highlight their aesthetic and sustainable attributes, and impress upon our audience the visual and material accessibility of those features. This exhibition is guest-curated by architectural historian Margaret Birney Vickery, Ph.D.
University Gallery Hours:
Tuesday - Friday, 11:00AM - 4:30PM
Saturday and Sunday, 2:00PM - 5:00PM
Closed Mondays, Holidays, and Spring Break, March 13 - 21, 2010
*The Green Lounge is a meeting space, designed by local interior designers, within the University Gallery. It is furnished with eco-friendly furniture and offers a comprehensive interactive database as well as a display of locally available green resources and materials from architects, builders and suppliers. Visitors are invited to actively use this space to plan changes in their own built environment.
