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We were even able to add on access to Museum spaces other than our ceremony/reception location (the butterfly house lawn and tent) to get some unique photos of the two of us!

It was so easy to create a perfect wedding plan using the all-inclusive package options even though we only started planning two months before the big day. Rachel was so helpful and flexible in pivoting nearly everything about our wedding and really felt like a friend through the whole crazy process. We had frequented After Hours events at the Museum in the past and were thrilled when we came across their Intimate Wonder packages for up to 20 people. A small extension of the slab creates an arrival porch under the generous over hang on the north side of the building.My now-husband and I had planned our August 2020 wedding at a different venue but had to downsize our guest list and change our plans considerably due to COVID-19. Lower ceilings above the bathrooms and kitchen allow space for air handling equipment.

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Windows punctuate the south wall and draw the view to the southern forest. Inside, finishes are very direct, with a stained and polished concrete floor and sheetrock walls. Siding is fiber cement, except at the north entry wall, which is finished with Atlantic White Cedar. The frame is of wood, with custom trusses achieving the roof cantilevers, and steel used only to support the track in the folding partition transom. The building is located on flat ground at the edge of a creek valley, supported by a slab-on-grade on perimeter footings. Future buildings will be arranged in close vicinity to the Woodland Classroom to create a gathering court. The main classroom is easily divided in two by a folding partition. The roof, low over the support spaces, rises to the south, towards the forest, and is supported by a perforated wall that captures patches of the forest view. Support spaces - two bathrooms and a kitchen - are arranged along the north, entry side of the building, and visitors pass through this thick вЂњwallвЂќ as they enter the main classroom space.

The design process relied on coordination with museum staff to respond to existing site infrastructure and plan for future improvements, working closely with program directors and a staff landscape architect. Siting of the building establishes an arrival sequence that can support future structures and relates to views of a creek valley forest.

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The Woodland Classroom Building is the first of a series of buildings planned for the previously undeveloped south forest of the Museum of Life and Science. The classroom building sits quietly at the edge of the woods, with an opaque entry faГ§ade, and opens to views of the back woods. We worked with the museum to master plan this and other portions of their expanding campus and locate structures to minimize disturbance to the surrounding environs and, in the case of the woodland classroom, maximize connections with the natural environment. The building is a flexible space for science learning that blends indoor spaces with the surrounding natural environment. The woodland classroom is located on the edge a forest on the south side of the MuseumвЂ™s campus.

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