The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design at the Georgia Institute of Technology

The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design at Georgia Tech stands as a beacon of transformative sustainable design in the Southeast.

A product of a visionary partnership between The Kendeda Fund and Georgia Tech, this building is a Living Building Challenge, LEED Platinum, LEED Zero Energy, and LEED Zero Water certified marvel. Situated at the heart of the campus, it anchors the eight-acre EcoCommons, offering a blend of active learning classrooms, teaching labs, administrative spaces, and exhibit areas. The design integrates the built environment harmoniously with the natural surroundings, fostering a dynamic setting for interdisciplinary education and research. Notably, the west-facing Regenerative Porch exemplifies this integration by providing shaded outdoor spaces that collect solar energy and rainwater while creating an inviting social and learning space. In addition to generating more energy than it uses and collecting more water than it uses and being constructed entirely from carbon reducing and non-toxic materials, the building regenerates the heart of the GT campus with a biodiverse and engaging site that goes so far as to produce food to people and so many other creatures found in the southeast’s native ecosystems.

With accolades ranging from an AIA National Honor Award, to LEED recognitions, the Kendeda Building serves as a living laboratory, inspiring future generations with its regenerative capabilities and commitment to sustainable practices. This project was designed in a collaboration between Lord Aeck Sargent Planning & Design, Inc. and The Miller Hull Partnership.

Awards:
American Institute of Architects National Honor Award; American Institute of Architects AIA Committee on the Environment, American Institute of Architects AIA Committee on Architecture for Education, American Institute of Architects AIA South Atlantic Region, American Institute of Architects AIA Georgia, American Institute of Architects AIA Northwest and Pacific Region, American Institute of Architects AIA Seattle, American Society of Landscape Architects Georgia Chapter