The Kern Center Machine 🌼

In April 2018, Hampshire College's R. W. Kern Center officially completed the Living Building Challenge (LBC). So, I made a massive chain reaction machine that demonstrates how the Kern Center fulfills all the requirements of the LBC. I spent 8 weeks building this machine, and it took 103 fails to get it to work all the way from start to finish. The Kern Center Machine is my largest machine yet, so I hope you enjoy!

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LINKS:
Behind the Scenes of the Kern Center Machine:    • Behind the Scenes of the Kern Center ...  
Article about the Kern Center's official certification: https://living-future.org/lbc/case-st...
"A Living Laboratory" video: https://vimeo.com/267627225
Raw footage of the machine (if you can't tolerate the music):    • The Kern Center Machine (Raw Footage)  
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The Kern Center is a fully sustainable, net-zero building, and a "living building." LBC certification is the highest honor that a building of its kind can receive. Requirements of the LBC are divided into seven sections, or Petals: Materials, Beauty, Water, Place, Energy, Health & Happiness, and Equity. The Kern Center had to fulfill the requirements of each of these 7 Petals in order to be officially certified.

This machine is split into 7 different sections (one for each Petal), each section containing tricks that convey the requirements of that Petal. For example, the dump truck in the Materials section represents the fact that all the construction materials were locally sourced, and the solar panels in the Energy section represent the fact that the building is entirely powered by solar energy.

SPECIAL THANKS:
Christina Cianfrani
Claire Shillington
Chelvanaya Gabriel
Fred Wirth
Sarah Hews
Avery Lopez
Andrew Hart
Jonathan Lash

PHOTO/VIDEO CREDIT:
Avery Lopez:   / artist_avery  
Andrew Hart: https://www.hampshire.edu/communicati...
"A Living Laboratory" video: https://vimeo.com/267627225

MUSIC:
‪@MarinHoxha‬ & ‪@CryJaxx‬ - Everlasting
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I am also interested in commissioned work, such as live events, commercials, or product placements. Contact me via e-mail at [email protected] if you have any questions.