Ce n t e r for S u s t a i n a b l e E d u c a t i o n Na s h v il l e , T N ted shelton, fourth year | fall The Avenue of Sciences is a redevelopment of the 6th Avenue corridor in Nashville, Tennessee. One of the strongholds of the corridor is the plan for the Center for Sustainability Education. This multi-functional facility is located on a triangular plot between Lafayette Avenue, Peabody, and 6th Avenue. A few blocks to the north is where the new Music City Center anchors one end of the Avenue of Sciences while the Adventure Science Center terminates the opposing end of the axis just beyond the interstate fly over. The multifunctional programmatic needs provided for a challenging design proposition. The predominate request was to maintain most of the square footage as for public usage with minimal obstructions due to the demands of the private or semiprivate spaces. Most of the public spaces are located on the first and second floors with access to the more private and semi-private spaces limited to the third floor. Multi-public access points address the various programmatic needs where some parts of the facility are able to be sectioned off from the public.
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On top of the dynamic programmatic needs, the design needs to be conscientiously sustainable in order to self-promote the uses of the building. As an educational facility the building needs to act as a teaching tool to demonstrate some of the leading building practices and designs that promote sustainability, whether active or passive.