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RAISING THE BAR ON GREEN DESIGN & GREEN LIVING
William McDonough + Partners brings Cradle to Cradle thinking to new Greenbridge complex in Chapel Hill
October 8, 2007, CHAPEL HILL, NC — As the call to action for green solutions continues, one team is taking bold action in the Southeast. Greenbridge Developments, with its lead design architect William McDonough + Partners, breaks ground today on a leading edge mixed-use project in downtown Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Greenbridge is the focus of national attention due to optimized green building practices and broad thinking about quality of life for all, which include providing much-needed downtown living and retail opportunities. Greenbridge will offer 98 condominium residences at various price points, 35,000 square feet of retail, and underground parking throughout a 216,850 square foot complex on a 54,724 square foot plot in the historic neighborhood of Northside.
Greenbridge will be a model of sustainable development featuring planted roofs, photovoltaic and solar-thermal panels, optimal natural light exposure, fresh, filtered air to all units, rainwater runoff catchments, sustainable building materials, construction recycling, and a community learning center to teach sustainable living practices. Greenbridge is schedule to open in the fall of 2009.
The William McDonough + Partners team brought Cradle to CradleSM thinking to the project, as articulated by William McDonough and Michael Braungart in their 2002 book, Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things. The Cradle to Cradle framework encourages a thorough understanding of what materials are, how they behave, whether they are technical or biological nutrients, and how they can be recycled and up-cycled. The assessment process considers thresholds on the path to perfection as well as regulations, cost, availability, and more. In the natural world, the sun continually generates new growth and feeds living systems. One organism’s waste is food for another—waste equals food. Under Cradle to Cradle thinking, the goal is for everything to contribute positively to society, the economy, and the environment. (Cradle to Cradle is a Service Mark of McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry.)
“Tim Toben and his team have made a strong commitment to increasing quality of life and community,” says architect William McDonough. “Their insistence on excellence has positioned this project as an important benchmark—one that will likely be a critical catalyst for the future of the community and the region.”
As leaders in sustainable design, William McDonough + Partners have executed a diverse array of projects from studios in Charlottesville, Virginia, and San Francisco. The firm practices a positive, principled design approach that celebrates the abundance of nature.
Greenbridge Developments creates living and working communities that value environmental sensitivity, social equity, and economic vitality. We are committed to the principles of smart growth, reducing our carbon footprint, and striking a mutually beneficial relationship between human beings and the earth.
The team:
Greenbridge Developments LLC
William McDonough + Partners
Architect of Record: GGA Architects
Contractor: Clancey & Theyer
MEP Engineering: Flack and Kurtz
Landscape Design: Siteworks
Structural Engineering: Dunbar, Milby, Williams, Pittman + Vaughn
Civil Engineering: Coulter, Jewell, Thomas
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To receive additional information, please contact:
Kira Gould
Director of Communications
media@mcdonough.com
William McDonough + Partners
700 East Jefferson St.
Charlottesville, VA 22902
phone 434.979.1111
fax 434.979.1112
Mark Vevle
Greenbridge Developments LLC
919.549.8547
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