The Village School
Northfield, Minnesota

This new facility is designed to reinforce the K-12 charter school’s philosophy of wholeness though a strong community, environmental awareness, and sustainable living. The newly founded Center for Sustainable Living is also housed inside. The site, along a beautiful stretch of the scenic Cannon River, has become part of the school’s outdoor curriculum space. A neighboring detention pond area backs up to the school site and expands to the south the natural setting around the school.

The “green” building is designed to minimize impact on the environment through the use of sustainable materials, daylighting, integrated energy-efficient equipment, and natural systems