Omega Center for Sustainable Living
Overview
- Location: Rhinebeck, NY
- Building type(s): Interpretive Center, Laboratory
- 6,200 ft2 (576 m2)
- Project scope: a single building
- Rural setting
- Completed May 2009
Founded in 1977, the Omega Institute is the nation's largest holistic learning center. Their mission: "To look everywhere for the most effective strategies and inspiring traditions that might help people bring more meaning and vitality into their lives." In 2006 they set out to develop a new and highly sustainable wastewater filtration facility for their 195-acre campus, which is located within one of the most important watersheds in the world, the 13,400 square-mile Hudson River basin.