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OLVER TRANSIT CENTER

OLVER TRANSIT CENTER
GREENFIELD, MA
2012

GV’s design for the zero-net Olver Transit Center exemplifies a shift in the role of twenty-first century urban landscapes in which energy neutrality is not enough and the landscape becomes the site of energy production. GV helped situate a 7,300-square-foot photovoltaic array, south of what will become a native beech forest. A clearing within this plantation contains two cells of a bioretention system that capture and filter storm water while supporting native sedges and irises.

Boston Society of Architects Honor Award

architect: Charles Rose Architects
civil engineer: Nitsch Engineering
mechanical engineer: Arup

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