Water Resource Experiment Station

Students in this studio were asked to design a Water Resource Experiment Station at a site on the bank of the Missouri River west of Linton and South of Bismarck, North Dakota. The students were given presentations by studio collaborators from the Biology Department concerning the use of constructed wetlands to clean waste water from the laboratory and rain water harvesting from the building's exterior to add fresh water to the clean waste water for the use of the laboratory. Each design is approximately 20,000 square feet in area, has public parking and public toilets accessible from the exterior and is intended to be open to the public for their use after hours and on the weekends. This project design aims to create a building that hugs and blends into the land while celebrating water sustainability through the green butterfly roof. The design encourages the public and staff to observe the ongoing efforts towards water conservation as well as the natural elements of the bluff and the Missouri River