Lewis & Clark Exploratory Center - Walls are Concrete Board-Formed and Thermally-Treated Wood and Designed by Charlottesville-Based HEDS Architects.

Lewis & Clark Exploratory Center

Simple yet powerful, enriched by beautiful materials, sustainable features made legible, and an appealing modesty, this slope-side abutment exudes a sense of optimism through its relationship to earth and sky.

Lewis & Clark Exploratory Center - Walls are Concrete Board-Formed and Thermally-Treated Wood and Designed by Charlottesville-Based HEDS Architects.
Lewis & Clark Exploratory Center of Virginia Image Showing Wood Soffit Roof, Masts and Board-Formed Concrete Walls Designed by Modern and Green Charlottesville HEDS Architects.

The project received the highest honor award from the Virginia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

Virginia Architect HEDS won the commission in a design-build competition with their proposal for the education and exhibit center located in Charlottesville, VA. The building roofscape emerges from the hillside, where an occupiable green roof deck offers a view the Rivanna River. From there, one is symbolically linked to the primary objective of the expedition; to find a water route from the Missouri River to the Pacific. Green strategies for this LEED Silver compliant project include a vegetated green roof and geothermal.

Recognition
  • AIA Virginia Honor Award 2018
  • AIA Central Virginia Honorable Mention Award 2018