Kaiser Borsari Hall
Kaiser Borsari Hall
Kaiser Borsari Hall
Kaiser Borsari Hall
Kaiser Borsari Hall
Kaiser Borsari Hall
Positioned between Western Washington University’s main campus and the Sehome Hill Arboretum in Bellingham, Kaiser Borsari Hall by Seattle-based Perkins&Will is a PV-powered four-storey mass timber building housing electrical engineering, computer science and energy studies departments. As a higher education STEM building slated to achieve both Zero Carbon and Zero Energy certifications through the International Living Future Institute — a distinction that prompted Washington State to amend its funding legislation to recognize ILFI certifications alongside LEED — the project is already a great success. And its form is just as compelling: Charred Accoya wood siding, applied using the traditional shou sugi ban technique, clads the exterior, contrasting warmly with the exposed Douglas fir and CLT structure within.
