Petal: Place
Imperative 02: Urban Agriculture

Rooftop Garden

Like most spaces in The Kendeda Building, the rooftop garden serves many purposes and helps contribute to the building’s performance. The approximately 5,000 square foot rooftop garden consists of a honeybee apiary, pollinator garden, blueberry orchard, and a laboratory. These elements help satisfy the Urban Agriculture Imperative requirement while simultaneously offering valuable curriculum and research opportunities. 

Petal: Beauty
Imperative 20: Inspiration + Education

A Flexible Auditorium

The Kendeda Building is a multi-disciplinary, non-departmental education building. Rather than focus on one subject such as physics or ecology, the design team envisioned a building that welcomes the broadest cross section of students. The goal is to have as many students circulate through the building as possible so that they can be inspired by its regenerative design.  

Petal: Equity

Imperative: None; the team implemented its own Equity ethos

Petal: Equity

Imperative 16: Universal Access to Nature & Place

Access For All Occupants

The Living Building Challenge envisions communities that allow equitable access and treatment to all people regardless of physical abilities, age, or socioeconomic status. The Kendeda Building is designed for universal access to and throughout the site and the building for all occupants.

Petal: Materials
Imperative 14: Net Positive Waste

Petal: Water

Petal: Water
Imperative 05: Net Positive Water

Rainwater Treatment System

To satisfy the Living Building Challenge, The Kendeda Building collects rainwater for one hundred percent of its drinking, washing, showering, lab uses, and the composting toilet that only use a teaspoon of water per "foam flush."