The new Visitor Activity Center will enclose more than 9,000 square feet of flexible program space. As the campus hub, it will seat over 300 for dining, meeting, lecture and conferences. These will be used as outdoor classrooms, meeting and dining areas. Support functions include a kitchen, food serving and storage facilities, and restrooms.
All facilities are accessible to the physically handicapped.
Sustainable, Green Architecture Advancing environmental awareness, knowledge and stewardship of the Earth are central to PEEC and its partner, the National Park Service. Both are committed to architecture that conserves resources by using environmentally responsible materials. Conservation features include natural daylighting and passive heating and cooling principles. Bohlin Cywinski Jackson , architects for the new Visitor Activity Center, are nationally known leaders in environmentally sensitive design. With offices in nearby Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, projects include a visitor center for the Shaw Arboretum near Saint Louis, California's Turtle Bay Museum in Redding, the Nantucket Historical Association Museum, Vermont Institute of National Science's visitor center, and the National Park Service's new Liberty Bell pavillion in Philadelphia.