Combination Schools
Bethany School
The new Bethany School campus uses Zero Energy, biophilia and natural play design strategies to give students a personalized and healthy learning environment.
The design replaces multiple buildings on the Bethany School campus with new project-based learning environments. Natural light, natural materials and biophilic constructs and images create a healthier education center. The site design also encourages healthy learning with one of the largest playscape playgrounds in the Midwest.
Zero Energy design strategies are at the core of the client’s approach to sustainability. The campus is designed to use 25 percent less energy per square foot than the average vacant building. Solar panels create a carbon-neutral facility.
Client
Bethany School
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio
Scope
58,000 New SF
Challenges
Design a Net Zero campus
Bethany School
Solar cells cover the roof for added sustainability.
Bethany School
Bethany School
Bethany School
Biophillic design themes connect exterior landscape with interior design elements to support project-based learning.
The emersionDesign / Fanning Howey team clearly takes sustainability seriously and has done an excellent job in guiding us through a process of learning about the various options available to us that are in keeping with our mission, our desire for energy efficiency, and our need to keep it financially practical
David Gould, Former Head of School
